Here below there is a list of cosmic phenomenon that will take place in October:
There will be 7 meteor showers during October, which is curious.Astronomical events in October 2023
Event dates are listed in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). For your location, they may differ due to different time zones. To find out the exact time and date of an event in your city, use the Sky Tonight app.
*The highlighted events are the most spectacular events of the month.
- October 2: Moon passes 3°09' from Jupiter (mag -2.8).
- October 3: Moon passes 1°06' from the Pleiades (mag 1.2).
- October 6: Last Quarter Moon; October Camelopardalids’ peak (ZHR = 5).
- October 7: Moon passes 1°24' from Pollux (mag 1.2).
- October 9: Venus passes 2°18' from Regulus (mag 1.4) ; Draconids’ peak (ZHR = 10).
- October 10: Moon passes 6°29' from Venus (mag -4.6).
- October 11: Delta Aurigids’ peak (ZHR = 2).
- October 13: Southern Taurids’ early peak (ZHR = 5).
- October 14: Annular solar eclipse (visible in North and South America) ; New Moon; Moon passes 0°36' from Mercury (mag -1.4).
- October 15: Moon passes 0°54' from Mars (mag 1.6).
- October 18: Moon passes 0°54' from Antares (mag 1.1); lunar occultation of Antares (visible from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, and Iraq) ; Epsilon Geminids’ peak (ZHR = 3).
- October 20: Mercury in conjunction with the Sun.
- October 22: First Quarter Moon; Orionids’ peak (ZHR = 20).
- October 23: Venus at greatest western elongation.
- October 24: Moon passes 2°46' from Saturn (mag 0.7); Leonis Minorids’ peak (ZHR = 2).
- October 28: Partial lunar eclipse (coverage 6.05%); Full Hunter’s Moon.
- October 29: Moon passes 2°54' from Jupiter (mag -2.9).
- October 30: Moon passes 59.3' from the Pleiades (mag -1.3).