A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for October 2014:
Phenomena October
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | First quarter Moon (19:33 UT) |
| 4 | Mercury mag +0.6 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards begins retrograde motion (18 UT) |
| 4 | Ceres mag. +9.0 passes 0.4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (22 UT) |
| 5 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.8 (21 UT) |
| 6 | Moon is at perigee 362,478 km or 225,223 miles from Earth (9:46 UT) |
| 7 | Uranus mag +5.7 is at opposition in Pisces approx. 19.014 AU (approx. 2844.5 million km or 1767.5 million miles) from the Earth (21 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 1.2 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.7 (11 UT) |
| 8 | Full Moon. Total Lunar Eclipse visible from North America, Pacific Ocean, Australia and east Asia (10:51 UT) |
| 9 | Asteroid (37) Fides mag +9.8 is at opposition in Pisces |
| 12 | Moon passes 1.4 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (10 UT) |
| 15 | Last quarter Moon (19:13 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (2 UT) |
| 16 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (21 UT) |
| 18 | Moon passes 5.4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.0 (4 UT) |
| 18 | Moon is at apogee 404,898 km or 251,592 miles from Earth (6:10 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (3 UT) |
| 20 | Asteroid (88) Thisbe mag +10.4 is at opposition in Pisces |
| 21 | Orionids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 25 (can vary between 20 and 70) |
| 22 | Moon passes 0.7 degrees south of Mercury mag +2.3 (22 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (8 UT) |
| 23 | New Moon. Partial Solar Eclipse visible from far eastern Russia and most of North America (21:57 UT) |
| 25 | Venus is at superior conjunction (19 UT) |
| 25 | Mercury mag +0.8 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards resumes direct motion (7 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 1 degree north of Saturn mag +0.6, occultation is visible from northern Atlantic (16 UT) |
| 25 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kms or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun (21 UT) |
| 26 | Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (20 UT) |
| 27 | Asteroid (28) Bellona mag +10.9 is at opposition in Cetus |
| 28 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Mars mag +0.9 (13 UT) |
| 31 | First quarter Moon (2:49 UT) |