Portal:Astronomy/Events/October 2016
| 1 October, 00:11 | New moon |
| 4 October, 11:13 | Moon at apogee |
| 8 October, 12:00 | Draconids peak |
| 13 October, 06:00 | Moon occults Neptune |
| 15 October | Uranus at opposition |
| 16 October, 04:23 | Full moon and penumbral lunar eclipse |
| 16 October, 23:41 | Moon at perigee |
| 21 October, 05:18 | Ceres at opposition |
| 21 October, 19:00 | Orionids peak |
| 27 October, 16:18 | Mercury at superior conjunction |
| 30 October, 17:38 | New moon |
| 31 October, 19:45 | Moon at apogee |