The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2017
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
7:28 PM
7:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 178.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.16° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 181.3° |
| 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.