Astronomical phenomena October 2016.

2016 is full of surprises for observers worldwide. A lot of events will take place this year from occultations to eclipses.

Take your binoculars or telescope from the closet, because surely, in 2016 you will not have too many pauses between the events that will unfold in the sky.

Astronomical Calendar October 2015 astronomical events.


October.
►01 October 2016 - New Moon. The moon will be directly between the Earth and Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 2:11.
►04 October 2016 - Moon at apogee. The moon reaches the furthest point from the Earth (406100 km from Earth) at 13:02.
►07 October 2016 - Comet 314P / Mountain reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 19.6-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.
►09 October 2016 - the first quarter of the moon. at 6:33.
►11 October 2016 - Comet 237P / LINEAR reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 6.57-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.
►11 October 2016 - Comet P / SOHO (1999N5 = 2005 G2) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.76-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.
►15 October 2016 - Uranus opposition. Uranus will be the closest to Earth and Its face will be fully illuminated by the sun.
►16 October 2016 - Full Moon. Earth will be between the Sun and Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 6:23.
►17 October 2016 - The moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (357860 km from Earth) at 1:36.
►21,22 October 2016 - Orionids Meteor shower. Orionids meteor shower is a medium intensity, producing about 20 meteors per hour. Orionids originate from comet Halley. This year, the last quarter of the moon will make this event a favorable time for observation.
►22 September 2016 - Comet 238 P / Read reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.63-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.
►22 October 2016 - the last quarter of the moon. at 21:14.
►27 October 2016 - Comet 94P / Russell reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 6.58-year orbit. Its return was observed 5 times.
►30 October 2016 - New Moon. The moon will be directly between the Earth and Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 19:38.
►31 October 2016 - Moon at apogee. The moon reaches the furthest point from the Earth (406660 km from Earth) at 21:29.


Legend:
-Perihelion-position in the orbit of a planet closest to the Sun.
-Aphelion - position in the orbit of a planet farthest from the Sun.
-Perigee -  the position of the Moon closest to Earth.
-Apogee -  the position of the Moon farthest to Earth.
-Inferior Conjunction - Mercury or Venus passing between the Earth and Sun.
-Superior Conjunction - Mercury or Venus passes on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth.
-Greatest elongation - elongation is the angle between the Sun and a planet as seen from Earth, during eastern elongation (E), the planet appears as an evening star, during western elongation (W), the planet appears as a morning star.
-Opposition - position in the orbit of a planet when opposites the Sun as seen from Earth.
-Conjunction - position in the orbit of a planet when appears closer to the Sun as seen from Earth.
-Occultation - Moon occults or eclipses a star or a planet.
-Ascending Node - the point where a planet passes from the southern to the northern part of its orbit.
-Descending Node - the point where a planet passes from the northern to the southern side of its

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