The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1998
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
7:25 PM
7:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 177.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.73° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 195.4° |
| 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.