A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for October 2016:
Phenomena October
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | New Moon (0:12 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Venus mag -3.9 (17 UT) |
| 4 | Moon is at apogee 406,096 km or 252,336 miles from Earth (11:13 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (2 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (8 UT) |
| 7 | Draconids meteor shower peaks (ZHR low but can outburst) |
| 8 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Mars mag -0.1 (12 UT) |
| 9 | First quarter Moon (4:33 UT) |
| 11 | Mercury mag -1.1 passes 0.9 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.7 (12 UT) |
| 13 | Moon passes 1.2 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.8, occultation is visible from northwest Canada, eastern Russia (6:01 UT) |
| 15 | Uranus mag +5.7 is at opposition in Pisces approx. 18.951 AU (approx. 2835 million km or 1762 million miles) from the Earth (11 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.7 (2 UT) |
| 16 | Dwarf planet Eris mag +18.7 is at opposition in Cetus |
| 16 | Full Moon (4:24 UT) |
| 16 | Moon is at perigee 357,860 km or 222,364 miles from Earth (23:41 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from eastern USA, south Europe (6:41 UT) |
| 21 | Dwarf planet Ceres mag +7.4 is at opposition in Cetus at 1.90 AU (approx. 284.2 million kms or 176.6 million miles) from Earth (5 UT) |
| 21 | Orionids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 25 (can vary between 20 and 70) |
| 22 | Moon passes 11 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (11 UT) |
| 22 | Last quarter Moon (19:14 UT) |
| 23 | Asteroid (18) Melpomene mag +8.0 is at opposition in Cetus |
| 25 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (4 UT) |
| 26 | Venus mag -4.0 passes 3 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (4 UT) |
| 27 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (9 UT) |
| 28 | Moon passes 1.4 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.7 (10 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (10 UT) |
| 29 | Mars is at perihelion distance 1.381 AU (approx. 206.6 million km or 128.4 million miles) from the Sun (13 UT) |
| 30 | Venus mag -4.0 passes 3 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.6 (9 UT) |
| 30 | New Moon (17:39 UT) |
| 31 | Venus is at aphelion 0.728 AU (approx. 109 million kms or 67.7 million miles) from the Sun (9 UT) |
| 31 | Moon is at apogee 406,661 km or 252,687 miles from Earth (19:45 UT) |