The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 2005
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
7:48 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1024
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 7:34 AM, is deepest at 8:03 AM and ends at 8:32 AM. 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 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.44° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.