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Lunar Calendar Australia 2019 › Moon Australia October 2019

Lunar Calendar Month October 2019 (Australia)

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 Canberra, Australia during October 2019.

Choose a country from the list to get relevant information:

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
1st quarter2019-10-0603:47
full moon2019-10-1408:08
3rd quarter2019-10-2123:39
new moon2019-10-2814:38

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-10-1105:30405,901 km
Perigee2019-10-2621:42361,314 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name Peak Day
Oct. Camelopardalids2019-10-06
Draconids2019-10-09
S. Taurids2019-10-10
δ-Aurigids2019-10-11
ε-Geminids2019-10-19
Orionids2019-10-22
Leonis Minorids2019-10-25

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
Jupiter2019-10-04 06:23
Saturn2019-10-06 07:48
Beehive2019-10-22 15:41
Venus2019-10-30 00:33

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2019.

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

October 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 40
30 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
4.9% illuminated
Age: 2.1
2Wednesday
 
11.2% illuminated
Age: 3.2
3Thursday
 
19.3% illuminated
Age: 4.3
4Friday
 
28.7% illuminated
Age: 5.3
5Saturday
 
38.6% illuminated
Age: 6.3
6Sunday
 
48.8% illuminated
Age: 7.3
Week 41
7Monday
 
58.2% illuminated
Age: 8.2
8Tuesday
 
67.6% illuminated
Age: 9.1
9Wednesday
 
76.2% illuminated
Age: 10
10Thursday
 
83.8% illuminated
Age: 10.9
11Friday
 
90.1% illuminated
Age: 11.8
12Saturday
 
95% illuminated
Age: 12.6
13Sunday
 
98.3% illuminated
Age: 13.5
Week 42
14Monday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.4
15Tuesday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age: 15.4
16Wednesday
 
97.4% illuminated
Age: 16.3
17Thursday
 
93.3% illuminated
Age: 17.2
18Friday
 
87.4% illuminated
Age: 18.2
19Saturday
 
79.8% illuminated
Age: 19.1
20Sunday
 
70.8% illuminated
Age: 20.1
Week 43
21Monday
 
60.7% illuminated
Age: 21.1
22Tuesday
 
49.8% illuminated
Age: 22.2
23Wednesday
 
38.6% illuminated
Age: 23.2
24Thursday
 
27.8% illuminated
Age: 24.3
25Friday
 
17.9% illuminated
Age: 25.4
26Saturday
 
9.7% illuminated
Age: 26.5
27Sunday
 
3.8% illuminated
Age: 27.7
Week 44
28Monday
 
0.6% illuminated
Age: 28.8
29Tuesday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 0.4
30Wednesday
 
2.7% illuminated
Age: 1.5
31Thursday
 
7.6% illuminated
Age: 2.6
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