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Lunar Calendar Month October 2018 (United States)

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 Washington, District of Columbia, United States during October 2018.

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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
3rd quarter2018-10-0205:45
new moon2018-10-0823:47
1st quarter2018-10-1614:02
full moon2018-10-2412:45
3rd quarter2018-10-3112:40

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2018.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2018-10-0518:31366,395 km
Apogee2018-10-1715:18404,225 km
Perigee2018-10-3116:06370,200 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

NamePeak Day
Oct. Camelopardalids2018-10-06
Draconids2018-10-09
S. Taurids2018-10-10
δ-Aurigids2018-10-11
ε-Geminids2018-10-18
Orionids2018-10-21
Leonis Minorids2018-10-24

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
Beehive2018-10-04 05:51
Regulus2018-10-05 17:58
Jupiter2018-10-11 17:21
Saturn2018-10-14 23:01
Mars2018-10-18 09:01
Aldebaran2018-10-27 09:04
Beehive2018-10-31 11:24

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2018.

October 2018
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 40
1Monday
 
63.9% illuminated
Age:20.8
2Tuesday
 
52.8% illuminated
Age:21.9
3Wednesday
 
41.5% illuminated
Age:23
4Thursday
 
30.4% illuminated
Age:24
5Friday
 
20.3% illuminated
Age:25.1
6Saturday
 
11.7% illuminated
Age:26.2
7Sunday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age:27.4
Week 41
8Monday
 
1.3% illuminated
Age:28.5
9Tuesday
 
0% illuminated
Age:0
10Wednesday
 
1.3% illuminated
Age:1.1
11Thursday
 
5% illuminated
Age:2.1
12Friday
 
10.6% illuminated
Age:3.1
13Saturday
 
17.8% illuminated
Age:4.1
14Sunday
 
26.1% illuminated
Age:5
Week 42
15Monday
 
35.1% illuminated
Age:6
16Tuesday
 
44.4% illuminated
Age:6.9
17Wednesday
 
53.9% illuminated
Age:7.7
18Thursday
 
63.2% illuminated
Age:8.6
19Friday
 
72% illuminated
Age:9.5
20Saturday
 
80.2% illuminated
Age:10.4
21Sunday
 
87.3% illuminated
Age:11.3
Week 43
22Monday
 
93.2% illuminated
Age:12.3
23Tuesday
 
97.4% illuminated
Age:13.2
24Wednesday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:14.2
25Thursday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age:15.2
26Friday
 
97.5% illuminated
Age:16.3
27Saturday
 
92.9% illuminated
Age:17.3
28Sunday
 
86.1% illuminated
Age:18.4
Week 44
29Monday
 
77.4% illuminated
Age:19.4
30Tuesday
 
67.2% illuminated
Age:20.5
31Wednesday
 
56.1% illuminated
Age:21.6
1Thursday
 
2Friday
 
3Saturday
 
4Sunday
 
5Monday
 
6Tuesday
 
7Wednesday
 
8Thursday
 
9Friday
 
10Saturday
 
11Sunday
 
12Monday
 
13Tuesday
 
14Wednesday
 
15Thursday
 
16Friday
 
17Saturday
 
18Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z