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Lunar Calendar Month October 2024 (Southern Hemisphere)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Brasilia, Southern Hemisphere during October 2024.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2024-10-0215:49
1st quarter2024-10-1015:55
full moon2024-10-1708:26
3rd quarter2024-10-2405:03

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2024-10-0216:41406,516 kmMaximum apogee in 2024!
Perigee2024-10-1621:47357,172 km
Apogee2024-10-2919:51406,163 km

Eclipses in October 2024

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during October 2024. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Southern Hemisphere.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2024-10-02144

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Venus2024-10-05 17:26
Antares2024-10-07 15:48
Saturn2024-10-14 15:05
Pleiades2024-10-19 16:59
Pollux2024-10-23 14:16
Mars2024-10-23 16:55
Beehive2024-10-24 14:35

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2024.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Southern Hemisphere.

October 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 40
30 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
2.5% illuminated
Age: 28
2Wednesday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age: 28.9
3Thursday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 0.3
4Friday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age: 1.2
5Saturday
 
4.9% illuminated
Age: 2.1
6Sunday
 
9.8% illuminated
Age: 3
Week 41
7Monday
 
16.3% illuminated
Age: 3.9
8Tuesday
 
24.1% illuminated
Age: 4.8
9Wednesday
 
33.2% illuminated
Age: 5.8
10Thursday
 
43.1% illuminated
Age: 6.7
11Friday
 
53.6% illuminated
Age: 7.7
12Saturday
 
64.3% illuminated
Age: 8.7
13Sunday
 
74.7% illuminated
Age: 9.8
Week 42
14Monday
 
84.1% illuminated
Age: 10.9
15Tuesday
 
91.8% illuminated
Age: 12
16Wednesday
 
97.2% illuminated
Age: 13.2
17Thursday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 14.4
18Friday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.5
19Saturday
 
95.9% illuminated
Age: 16.7
20Sunday
 
89.9% illuminated
Age: 17.8
Week 43
21Monday
 
81.9% illuminated
Age: 18.9
22Tuesday
 
72.6% illuminated
Age: 19.9
23Wednesday
 
62.6% illuminated
Age: 21
24Thursday
 
52.3% illuminated
Age: 21.9
25Friday
 
42.3% illuminated
Age: 22.9
26Saturday
 
32.8% illuminated
Age: 23.8
27Sunday
 
24.1% illuminated
Age: 24.7
Week 44
28Monday
 
16.5% illuminated
Age: 25.6
29Tuesday
 
10.1% illuminated
Age: 26.5
30Wednesday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age: 27.4
31Thursday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age: 28.3
1 Friday
 
2 Saturday
 
3 Sunday
 
4 Monday
 
5 Tuesday
 
6 Wednesday
 
7 Thursday
 
8 Friday
 
9 Saturday
 
10 Sunday
 
11 Monday
 
12 Tuesday
 
13 Wednesday
 
14 Thursday
 
15 Friday
 
16 Saturday
 
17 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z