The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1979
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
7:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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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 | 177.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.72° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 195.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.