Lunar Calendar Month October 2020 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

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 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory 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 phases	Dates	Time
full moon	2020-10-02	03:05
3rd quarter	2020-10-10	06:39
new moon	2020-10-17	01:31
1st quarter	2020-10-23	19:23
full moon	2020-10-31	20:49

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2020-10-03	23:24	406,319 km
Perigee	2020-10-17	05:48	356,912 km
Apogee	2020-10-31	00:47	406,392 km

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 Objects	Date and Time
Mars	2020-10-03 09:21
Beehive	2020-10-11 18:27
Venus	2020-10-14 05:57
Jupiter	2020-10-22 23:10
Saturn	2020-10-23 09:49
Mars	2020-10-29 22:13

Illumination of the Moon

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

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of British Indian Ocean Territory.

October 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 40	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	1Thursday 98.8% illuminated Age:13.7	2Friday 100% illuminated Age:14.6	3Saturday 99.3% illuminated Age:15.5	4Sunday 96.9% illuminated Age:16.4
Week 41	5Monday 92.8% illuminated Age:17.3	6Tuesday 87.1% illuminated Age:18.2	7Wednesday 80.1% illuminated Age:19.1	8Thursday 71.8% illuminated Age:20	9Friday 62.6% illuminated Age:20.9	10Saturday 52.7% illuminated Age:21.9	11Sunday 42.4% illuminated Age:22.9
Week 42	12Monday 32.1% illuminated Age:23.9	13Tuesday 22.2% illuminated Age:24.9	14Wednesday 13.4% illuminated Age:26	15Thursday 6.4% illuminated Age:27.1	16Friday 1.8% illuminated Age:28.3	17Saturday 0% illuminated Age:29.4	18Sunday 1.3% illuminated Age:1.1
Week 43	19Monday 5.6% illuminated Age:2.2	20Tuesday 12.4% illuminated Age:3.4	21Wednesday 21.1% illuminated Age:4.5	22Thursday 31% illuminated Age:5.6	23Friday 41.5% illuminated Age:6.6	24Saturday 52% illuminated Age:7.6	25Sunday 62.1% illuminated Age:8.5
Week 44	26Monday 71.5% illuminated Age:9.5	27Tuesday 79.9% illuminated Age:10.4	28Wednesday 87% illuminated Age:11.3	29Thursday 92.7% illuminated Age:12.2	30Friday 96.9% illuminated Age:13.1	31Saturday 99.3% illuminated Age:14	1Sunday
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