October 1, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
The 40” refractor at Yerkes
Observatory was dedicated on this day
in 1897. In its time, the telescope was
the largest in the world.
October 2, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
October 3, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
Mercury is at aphelion today;
farthest from the Sun at 0.4667 A.U.
October 4, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1
was launched on this date in 1957. It
was the first artificial object to orbit
the Earth.
October 6, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
Northern hemisphere summer
begins on Mars today.
October 7, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
Look for the Great Square of
Pegasus in the east right after sunset.
You’ll actually see it tilted over to look
more like a baseball diamond. That’s
appropriate since we are at that time
of the year where we think about the
World Series of baseball.
October 8, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today. It will set in the early
hours of tomorrow.
October 9, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
October 10, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today. Although it may look
Full, it’s actually short of full by a few
days.
The Moon is at apogee today at a
distance of 405922.2 km from the
Earth.
October 11, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
October 12, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
gibbous today.
In 1964, the Soviet Union
launched Voskhod 1, the first manned
vehicle with more than one crew
member.
October 13, 2019
The Moon is Full today at 21:08
U.T.
The Full Moon of October is called
the costume Moon in modern folklore.
October 14, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
October 15, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
October 16, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
October 17, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
October 18, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
October 19, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
Mercury will be at Greatest
Elongation in the evening sky tonight,
24.6° East of the Sun. The low angle
of the ecliptic at this time of year will
make this a difficult observation.
October 20, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
gibbous today.
Mercury is at greatest elongation
at 24.6° East of the Sun in the evening.
However, the ecliptic makes a rather
shallow angle with the sunset horizon
at this time of year.
October 21, 2019
October 22, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
October 23, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
The first magnitude star Regulus
is 3.5°S of Moon today at 11:11 U.T.
October 24, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
October 25, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
October 26, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
The Moon is at perigee today, only
361295.9 km away from the Earth.
October 27, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waning
crescent today.
October 28, 2019
The Moon is New at 3:38 U.T.
today.
Uranus is at opposition at 2 hours
U.T. today. This is the best time of
year to look for this distant planet.
October 29, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
October 30, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today.
Mercury is near Venus tonight.
Just 2.5° away.
October 31, 2019
The phase of the Moon is waxing
crescent today. You will see Jupiter a
little over one degree away from the
Moon tonight. The Moon will set soon
after sunset tonight, so no spooky
Halloween Moon.
The next true Halloween Full
Moon will be next year, in 2020.
Happy Samhain.
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