A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for October 2015:
Phenomena October
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Moon passes 0.5 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from North America and Japan (13:14 UT) |
| 3 | Asteroid (15) Eunomia mag +7.9 is at opposition in Pegasus |
| 4 | Last quarter Moon (21:07 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (0 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 0.7 degrees south of Venus mag -4.5, occultation is visible from Australia and New Zealand (20:33 UT) |
| 8 | Mercury mag +1.0 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards begins direct motion (22 UT) |
| 8 | Draconids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 1 to 2 (normal), up to 6000 (storm) |
| 9 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mars mag +1.8 (17 UT) |
| 9 | Venus mag -4.5 passes 3 degree south of Regulus mag +1.4 (21 UT) |
| 10 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (0 UT) |
| 11 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees south of Mercury mag +0.2, occultation is visible from S South America and Falkland Islands (12:00 UT) |
| 11 | Moon is at apogee 406,389 km or 252,518 miles from Earth (13:33 UT) |
| 12 | Uranus mag +5.7 is at opposition in Pisces approx. 18.984 AU (approx. 2840 million km or 1765 million miles) from the Earth (4 UT) |
| 12 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kms or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun (18 UT) |
| 13 | New Moon (0:06 UT) |
| 13 | Asteroid (471) Papagena mag +9.5 is at opposition in Cetus |
| 16 | Mercury mag -0.6 is at greatest elongation west 18.1 degrees (3 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (13 UT) |
| 16 | Dwarf planet Eris mag +18.7 is at opposition in Cetus |
| 17 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (2 UT) |
| 17 | Mars mag +1.8 passes 0.4 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.8 (14 UT) |
| 20 | First quarter Moon (20:32 UT) |
| 21 | Orionids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 25 (can vary between 20 and 70) |
| 23 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (19 UT) |
| 25 | Asteroid (29) Amphitrite mag +8.7 is at opposition in Aries |
| 26 | Venus mag -4.4 is at greatest elongation west 46.4 degrees (7 UT) |
| 26 | Saturn's moon Iapetus is at greatest western elongation mag +10.1 (7 UT) |
| 26 | Venus mag -4.4 passes 1.1 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (8 UT) |
| 26 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.7, occultation is visible from New Zealand (10:25 UT) |
| 26 | Moon is at perigee 358,461 km or 222,737 miles from Earth (13:08 UT) |
| 27 | Full Moon (12:06 UT) |
| 28 | Mercury mag -0.9 passes 4 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (19 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 0.6 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from North USA, Canada, Japan and East Russia (23:08 UT) |