Here you will find useful observing information about the visible planets,
our Moon and other moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout.
Animated images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects,
or apparent and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular features include plotting the monthly positions of the
visible planets using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's apparent motion and the Earth's real
motion along the ecliptic.
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October Sky Calendar | ||||
02. Last Quarter Moon 04. Moon at Ascending Node Waning Crescent Moon near Beehive Star Cluster World Space Week (October 4-10) 05. Waning Crescent Moon near Regulus Moon at Perigee: 227,668 miles (366,396 km) 07. Dwarf Planet Ceres in Solar Conjunction 09. New Moon 11. Waxing Crescent Moon near Jupiter |
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15. Waxing Crescent Moon near Saturn 16. First Quarter Moon Mars Winter Solstice 17. Moon at Descending Node Moon at Apogee: 251,175 miles (404,227 km) 18. Waxing Gibbous Moon near Mars 20. International Observe the Moon Night 21. Orionid Meteor Shower 23. Sun Not Really in astrological sign of Scorpius |
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24. Uranus at Opposition Full Moon 26. Venus at Inferior Conjunction Aldebaran 1.6°S of Moon 28. European Summer Time Ends 29. Mercury 3.1° of Jupiter 31. Moon at Ascending Node Sun Enters Astronomical Sign of Libra Waning Gibbous Moon near Beehive Star Cluster Last Quarter Moon Moon at Perigee: 230,032 miles (370,201 km) |
Name | October 03 | October 13 | October 23 | |
Mercury | 219o 34' | 248o 16' | 275o 55' | |
Venus | 355o 30' | 011o 25' | 027o 322 | |
Earth | 009o 44' | 019o 36' | 029o 32' | |
Mars | 346o 53' | 353o 13' | 359o 30' | |
Ceres | 193o 50' | 196o 30' | 198o 40' | |
Jupiter | 239o 43' | 240o 29' | 241o 16' | |
Saturn | 278o 47' | 279o 05' | 279o 23' | |
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