{"id":840,"date":"2022-10-02T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/?p=840"},"modified":"2022-10-02T18:19:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T18:19:15","slug":"october-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/october-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nmoon is up in the evening approaching first quarter at October’s\nstart. Southern lunistice will be on the 2nd<\/sup>\nat 27.4\u00b0 from the equator. The first quarter phase will be the next\nday. Then on the 4th<\/sup>,\nthe moon’s at perigee 369,400 km from Earth. The thickening gibbous\ndisk passes by Saturn on the 5th<\/sup>.\nThe ringed planet remains firmly in the eastern part of Capricornus.\nAn even thicker gibbous lunar disk passes by Jupiter on the 8th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full\nmoon occurs on the 9th<\/sup>.\nThe moon rises above Cetus the sea monster that evening. The moon is\nin the same part of the sky as Uranus on the 11th<\/sup>.\nIt’s near the Pleiades on the 12th<\/sup>.\nApproaching last quarter and rising later in the evening, the moon is\nnear Mars on the 14th<\/sup>\nand 15th<\/sup>.\nNorthern lunistice is on the 16th<\/sup>\nat 27.5\u00b0. The last quarter moon is firmly planted in Gemini on the\nmorning of the 17th<\/sup>.\nIt’s close to Pollux. And apogee occurs the same day at 404,200\nkilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See a\nthinning crescent moon near Regulus on the morning of the 20th<\/sup>.\nThat might have to suffice as a substitute for a moon-Venus\nconjunction this month. Or perhaps the sight of a very thin crescent\nnear Mercury on the morning of the 24th<\/sup>\nwill do. Venus is just too close to the sun for a view of it. For\npeople who live close to the west coast of Canada and the U.S., the\nmoon will occult Mercury. The beginning of the event is in the\napproaching sunrise glare, so it may take binoculars to see. The end\nof the occultation happens after sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New\nmoon is on the 25th<\/sup>.\nIt brings a partial solar eclipse for observers in most of Europe,\nnortheast Africa, and west Asia. Never look directly at the sun\nduring a partial eclipse, even if it doesn’t hurt your eyes. Use only\na filter that is made specifically for safe solar viewing for a\ndirect view. Stained glass and old film negatives aren’t good enough,\nno matter what you’ve read in old books. You can also use a pinhole\nprojector to safely project an image onto a sidewalk, wall, or other\nsuitable surface. And you can watch an eclipse via an eclipse cam on\nthe internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nsecond lunar perigee is on the 29th<\/sup>\nat 368,300 kilometers away. A second southern lunistice occurs on the\n30th<\/sup>\nat 27.5\u00b0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nbest chance to see Mercury is in the first half of the month. It’s\nemerging into the morning sky during twilight. It’s at perihelion 6th<\/sup>\nand greatest elongation two days later. Greatest elongation so soon\nafter perihelion puts the messenger planet at just 18.0\u00b0 west of the\nsun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venus\ngoes through superior conjunction on the 22nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturn\nis retrograde as the month begins. Approaching the 23rd<\/sup>,\nit becomes stationary. On the 23rd<\/sup>,\nit resumes direct motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jupiter\nis retrograde all month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mars\nis moving eastward until the 30th<\/sup>\nwhen it begins retrograde motion. For most of the month, it’s heading\naway from the Hyades V on a track that takes near Tianguan in Taurus.\nThe red planet noticeably slows down after the 23rd<\/sup>\nand curves toward El Nath at the Taurus\/Auriga border. In November\nand December, the planet retreats to the place near the Hyades until\ndirect motion resumes in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nstar name Tianguan comes from Chinese astronomy. It means celestial\ngate and also refers to other stars nearby forming an asterism. In\nChinese mythology, Tianguan delivers happiness from heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The moon is up in the evening approaching first quarter at October’s start. Southern lunistice will be on the 2nd at 27.4\u00b0 from the equator. The first quarter phase will be the next day. Then on the 4th, the moon’s at perigee 369,400 km from Earth. The thickening gibbous disk passes by Saturn on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-61"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}