| Moon Phase |
Day |
Phenomenon |
Hour
(UT) |
Hour
(EDT) |
 |
1 |
Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent direct motion changes to backward, or retrograde motion. |
2000 | 4 pm |
 |
2 |
FULL MOON |
1400 | 10 am |
 |
7 |
Saturn is 0 degrees 2 minutes south of the Moon. The planet is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon. |
1900 | 3 pm |
 |
9 |
Vesta, the third-largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent direct motion changes to backward, or retrograde, motion. |
1800 | 2 pm |
 |
10 |
Jupiter is 1 degree 4 minutes south of the Moon. |
0000 | 8 pm
(Oct. 9) |
|
10 |
LAST QUARTER |
0400 | 12 am
(midnight) |
 |
14 |
Mercury is in inferior conjunction, that is, the Sun and the Earth are aligned on opposite sides of Mercury. |
0200 | 10 pm
(Oct. 13) |
|
14 |
The Moon is at its perigee, or closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. |
2300 | 7 pm |
 |
15 |
Venus is 4 degrees south of the Moon. |
0200 | 10 pm
(Oct. 14) |
 |
16 |
NEW MOON |
1900 | 3 pm |
 |
17 |
Neptune appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward, or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion. |
0300 | 11 pm |
 |
22 |
Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward, or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion. |
1100 | 7 am |
 |
23 |
Mars is 0 degrees 1 minute north of the Moon. The planet is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon. |
2000 | 4 pm |
 |
24 |
FIRST QUARTER |
0300 | 11 pm
(Oct. 23) |
|
24 |
Neptune is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
1200 | 8 am |
 |
25 |
Uranus is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
1700 | 1 pm |
 |
26 |
The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit. |
2000 | 4 pm |
|
29 |
Mercury is at its greatest elongation, or angular distance from the Sun, at 19 degrees west of the Sun. |
1700 | 12 pm*
(noon) |
 |
31 |
Uranus appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion. |
0400 | 11 pm*
(Oct. 30) |
| *Eastern Standard Time (EST). |
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