Space Weather

SPACE WEATHER

OCTOBER, 2022-

EVENTS: 

5 October- Bright Moon near Saturn

7 October- Crater Copernicus HERE

8 October- Moon chases Jupiter

11 October- Waning Gibbous Moon near Uranus

14 October- Waning Gibbous Moon near Mars

15 October- Mars passes the Crab Nebula

16 October- Moon meets Castor and Pollux

19 October- Ganymede and Europa cross Jupiter (not visible in NA)

21 October- Orionids Meteor Shower Peak

21 October-  Old Crescent Moon near Ceres.

23 October-  pre-dawn  Zodiacal Light

24 October- pre-dawn very Old Moon meets Mercury 

25 October- Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible in NA)

26 October- Ganymede and Europa cross Jupiter (not visible in NA)

27 October- Young Moon near Antares

 

 PLANETS THIS MONTH:  go HERE

 

Mercury- Eastern pre-dawn sky, first week only

Venus- Eastern pre-dawn sky, early month only

Mars- late evenings in Taurus

Jupiter- overnight in Western Pisces

Saturn- evening in Capricornus
Uranus-  in SE Aries
Neptune- retrograde in NE Aquarius

 

MOON PHASES:

 

First Quarter- 2 October

Full Moon- 9 October, AKA:  Full Hunter's, Blood, Sanguine  Falling Leaves/Freezing(Anishinaabe), Migrating (Cree), Time of Poverty (Mowack/Iroquois)

Third/Last Quarter- 17 October

New- 25 October 

 

 
2022 meteor showers guide: 
Details HERE