The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1922
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:45 PM, is deepest at 7:43 PM and ends at 9:41 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.07° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.