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Lunar Calendar Ireland 2020 › Moon Ireland October 2020

Lunar Calendar Month October 2020 (Ireland)

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 Dublin, Ireland during October 2020.

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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
full moon2020-10-0122:05
3rd quarter2020-10-1001:39
new moon2020-10-1620:31
1st quarter2020-10-2314:23
full moon2020-10-3114:49

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2020-10-0318:24406,319 km
Perigee2020-10-1700:48356,912 km
Apogee2020-10-3018:47406,392 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2020.

Name Peak Day
Oct. Camelopardalids2020-10-05
Draconids2020-10-08
S. Taurids2020-10-10
δ-Aurigids2020-10-11
ε-Geminids2020-10-18
Orionids2020-10-21
Leonis Minorids2020-10-24

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
Mars2020-10-03 04:21
Beehive2020-10-11 13:27
Venus2020-10-14 00:57
Jupiter2020-10-22 18:10
Saturn2020-10-23 04:49
Mars2020-10-29 16:13

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2020.

October 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 40
28 Monday
 
29 Tuesday
 
30 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age: 13.9
2Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.8
3Saturday
 
99% illuminated
Age: 15.7
4Sunday
 
96.2% illuminated
Age: 16.6
Week 41
5Monday
 
91.7% illuminated
Age: 17.5
6Tuesday
 
85.7% illuminated
Age: 18.4
7Wednesday
 
78.4% illuminated
Age: 19.3
8Thursday
 
70% illuminated
Age: 20.2
9Friday
 
60.6% illuminated
Age: 21.1
10Saturday
 
50.6% illuminated
Age: 22.1
11Sunday
 
40.2% illuminated
Age: 23.1
Week 42
12Monday
 
30% illuminated
Age: 24.1
13Tuesday
 
20.3% illuminated
Age: 25.1
14Wednesday
 
11.8% illuminated
Age: 26.2
15Thursday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age: 27.4
16Friday
 
1.2% illuminated
Age: 28.5
17Saturday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0.2
18Sunday
 
2% illuminated
Age: 1.3
Week 43
19Monday
 
6.8% illuminated
Age: 2.5
20Tuesday
 
14.1% illuminated
Age: 3.6
21Wednesday
 
23.1% illuminated
Age: 4.7
22Thursday
 
33.2% illuminated
Age: 5.8
23Friday
 
43.7% illuminated
Age: 6.8
24Saturday
 
54.1% illuminated
Age: 7.8
25Sunday
 
64.1% illuminated
Age: 8.7
Week 43
26Monday
 
73.7% illuminated
Age: 9.7
27Tuesday
 
81.8% illuminated
Age: 10.6
28Wednesday
 
88.6% illuminated
Age: 11.5
29Thursday
 
93.9% illuminated
Age: 12.4
30Friday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age: 13.3
31Saturday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age: 14.2
1 Sunday
 
2 Monday
 
3 Tuesday
 
4 Wednesday
 
5 Thursday
 
6 Friday
 
7 Saturday
 
8 Sunday
 
9 Monday
 
10 Tuesday
 
11 Wednesday
 
12 Thursday
 
13 Friday
 
14 Saturday
 
15 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z