October 1998 StarDial
Jehana Silverwing

Wed Sep 30 22:35:36 1998
The October 1998 StarDial :  *p*  Oct 01 - Asteroid 1998 SG2 does a near-Earth flyby (0.217 AU -- astronomical units -- away)*br*  Oct 01 - NASA's 40th Birthday (1958)*p*  Oct 04 - Moon Occults Jupiter at 5 am, EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)*p*  Oct 05 - The Full Moon is at 4:12 pm EDT*p*  Oct 06 - The Moon is at perigee (222,223 miles from Earth) at 9:02 am EDT*br*  Oct 06 - The Moon passes 1.8° south of Saturn at 9 pm, EDT*p*  Oct 08 - Asteroid 1998 PG near-Earth flyby (0.247 AU)*p*  Oct 09 - Draconids meteor shower peaks.  This will not be very dramatic, due to the *br*brightness of the Moon, but you may notice some meteors.  *br*  Oct 09 - Asteroid 1998 QC1 near-Earth flyby (0.181 AU)*p*  Oct 11 - Asteroid 1994 TF2 near-Earth flyby (0.275 AU)*br*  Oct 11 - Asteroid 1998 FR11 near-Earth flyby (0.346 AU)*p*  Oct 12 - The last quarter Moon is at 7:11 am, EDT*p*  Oct 13 - Asteroid 1998 QP63 near-Earth flyby (0.392 AU)*p*  Oct 15 - Asteroid 6047 (1991 TB1) near-Earth flyby (0.375 AU)*br*  Oct 15 - The Moon passes 1.0° south of Mars, midnight EDT*p*  Oct 16 - Moon occults Mars in the eastern evening skies.*p*  Oct 18 - Asteroid 1998 OX4 near-Earth flyby (0.177 AU)*p*  Oct 20 - Dark Moon is at 6:09 am, EDT*p*  Oct 21 - Orionid meteor shower peaks.  The Dark Moon will assist in viewing these meteors; check *br*them out.  *br*  Oct 21 - The moon is at apogee (252,692 miles from Earth)at 1:17 am, EDT*p**br*  Oct 23 - Saturn at opposition*p*  Oct 25 - Daylight Savings Time begins -- Set your clock back one hour (most of the USA)*p*  Oct 27 - Asteroid 1998 QK56 near-Earth flyby (0.285 AU)*p*  Oct 28 - The first quarter Moon is at 6:46 am, EST*p*  Oct 29 - Venus is in superior conjunction at 11 am, EST*p*  Oct 31 - The moon passes 0.2° south of Jupiter at 11 am, EST*p**br*The Pleiades star cluster will start to rise this month; look for it around 9 PM.  *p*