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Lunar Calendar Northern Hemisphere 2020 › Moon Northern Hemisphere October 2020

Lunar Calendar Month October 2020 (Northern 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 Washington, Northern Hemisphere 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 moon2020-10-0117:05
3rd quarter2020-10-0920:39
new moon2020-10-1615:31
1st quarter2020-10-2309:23
full moon2020-10-3110:49

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2020-10-0313:24406,319 km
Perigee2020-10-1619:48356,912 km
Apogee2020-10-3014:47406,392 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Mars2020-10-02 23:21
Beehive2020-10-11 08:27
Venus2020-10-13 19:57
Jupiter2020-10-22 13:10
Saturn2020-10-22 23:49
Mars2020-10-29 12:13

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
28Monday
 
29Tuesday
 
30Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age:14.1
2Friday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:15
3Saturday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age:15.9
4Sunday
 
95.4% illuminated
Age:16.8
Week 41
5Monday
 
90.6% illuminated
Age:17.7
6Tuesday
 
84.3% illuminated
Age:18.6
7Wednesday
 
76.8% illuminated
Age:19.5
8Thursday
 
68.1% illuminated
Age:20.4
9Friday
 
58.6% illuminated
Age:21.3
10Saturday
 
48.4% illuminated
Age:22.3
11Sunday
 
38.1% illuminated
Age:23.3
Week 42
12Monday
 
27.9% illuminated
Age:24.3
13Tuesday
 
18.4% illuminated
Age:25.4
14Wednesday
 
10.3% illuminated
Age:26.5
15Thursday
 
4.2% illuminated
Age:27.6
16Friday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age:28.8
17Saturday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:0.4
18Sunday
 
2.8% illuminated
Age:1.6
Week 43
19Monday
 
8.2% illuminated
Age:2.7
20Tuesday
 
15.8% illuminated
Age:3.8
21Wednesday
 
25.1% illuminated
Age:4.9
22Thursday
 
35.3% illuminated
Age:6
23Friday
 
45.9% illuminated
Age:7
24Saturday
 
56.3% illuminated
Age:8
25Sunday
 
66.1% illuminated
Age:8.9
Week 44
26Monday
 
75.1% illuminated
Age:9.9
27Tuesday
 
83% illuminated
Age:10.8
28Wednesday
 
89.6% illuminated
Age:11.7
29Thursday
 
94.6% illuminated
Age:12.6
30Friday
 
98.1% illuminated
Age:13.5
31Saturday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age:14.4
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z