Astronomical Events

The Moon and Jupiter will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 3°23' to the north of Jupiter.At around the same time, the two objects will also make a close approach, technically called an appulse. 

On 2 October,The Andromeda Galaxy M31 (mag 4.4) will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:22, 71° above your northern horizon. 

The October Camelopardalid meteor shower will be active from 5 October to 6 October, producing its peak rate of meteors around 6 October. 

The Draconid meteor shower will be active from 6 October to 10 October, producing its peak rate of meteors around 9 October. 

The Moon and Venus will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 6°29' to the north of Venus.At around the same time, the two objects will also make a close approach, technically called an appulse. 

The Southern Taurid meteor shower will be active from 10 September to 20 November, producing its peak rate of meteors around 10 October. 

The δ-Aurigid meteor shower will be active from 10 October to 18 October, producing its peak rate of meteors around 11 October. 

The Moon will pass in front of the Sun, creating an annular solar eclipse visible from the Americas between 20:35 and 02:25 IST. From India no eclipse will be visible. 

On 15 October, The Triangulum Galaxy M33 (mag 6.3) will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:21, 82° above your northern horizon. 

The ε-Geminid meteor shower will be active from 14 October to 27 October, producing its peak rate of meteors around 18 October. 

The Orionid meteor shower will be active from 2 October to 7 November, producing its peak rate of meteors around 22 October. 

Venus will reach half phase in its 2023–2024 morning apparition. It will be shining brightly at mag -4.4. 

The Moon and Saturn will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 2°46' to the south of Saturn.At around the same time, the two objects will also make a close approach, technically called an appulse. 

The Leonis Minorid meteor shower will be active from 19 October to 27 October, producing its peak rate of meteors around 25 October. 

On 27 October,The Perseus Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884, each mag 4.0) will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:20, 56° above your northern horizon. 

The Moon will pass through the Earth's shadow between 01:06 and 02:23 IST, creating a partial lunar eclipse. It will be visible from Bhopal in the western sky. The Moon will lie 63° above the horizon at the moment of greatest eclipse. 

The Moon will reach full phase. At this time of the month, it is visible for much of the night. 

The Moon and Jupiter will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 3°08' to the north of Jupiter.At around the same time, the two objects will also make a close approach, technically called an appulse.