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Lunar Calendar Month October 2017 (Gambia)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Banjul, Gambia during October 2017.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
full moon2017-10-0518:40
3rd quarter2017-10-1212:25
new moon2017-10-1919:12
1st quarter2017-10-2722:22

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2017.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2017-10-0905:52366,857 km
Apogee2017-10-2502:26405,150 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2017.

NamePeak Day
S. Taurids2017-10-10
Orionids2017-10-21
Draconids2017-10-08
δ-Aurigids2017-10-11
ε-Geminids2017-10-18
Leonis Minorids2017-10-24

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Aldebaran2017-10-09 18:05
Beehive2017-10-13 20:29
Regulus2017-10-15 10:54
Mars2017-10-17 10:04
Venus2017-10-18 00:21
Saturn2017-10-24 11:54

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2017.

October 2017
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 39
25Monday
 
26Tuesday
 
27Wednesday
 
28Thursday
 
29Friday
 
30Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
76.4% illuminated
Age:10
Week 40
2Monday
 
84.3% illuminated
Age:10.9
3Tuesday
 
91% illuminated
Age:11.9
4Wednesday
 
96.2% illuminated
Age:12.9
5Thursday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age:13.9
6Friday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:15
7Saturday
 
98% illuminated
Age:16.1
8Sunday
 
93.5% illuminated
Age:17.2
Week 41
9Monday
 
86.6% illuminated
Age:18.3
10Tuesday
 
77.6% illuminated
Age:19.4
11Wednesday
 
67.3% illuminated
Age:20.5
12Thursday
 
56.1% illuminated
Age:21.6
13Friday
 
44.7% illuminated
Age:22.6
14Saturday
 
33.8% illuminated
Age:23.7
15Sunday
 
23.8% illuminated
Age:24.7
Week 42
16Monday
 
15.1% illuminated
Age:25.8
17Tuesday
 
8.3% illuminated
Age:26.8
18Wednesday
 
3.4% illuminated
Age:27.8
19Thursday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age:28.8
20Friday
 
0% illuminated
Age:0.2
21Saturday
 
1.5% illuminated
Age:1.1
22Sunday
 
4.8% illuminated
Age:2.1
Week 43
23Monday
 
9.7% illuminated
Age:3
24Tuesday
 
16.1% illuminated
Age:3.9
25Wednesday
 
23.7% illuminated
Age:4.8
26Thursday
 
32.1% illuminated
Age:5.7
27Friday
 
41.2% illuminated
Age:6.6
28Saturday
 
50.7% illuminated
Age:7.5
29Sunday
 
60.4% illuminated
Age:8.4
Week 44
30Monday
 
69.9% illuminated
Age:9.3
31Tuesday
 
78.9% illuminated
Age:10.3
1Wednesday
 
2Thursday
 
3Friday
 
4Saturday
 
5Sunday
 
6Monday
 
7Tuesday
 
8Wednesday
 
9Thursday
 
10Friday
 
11Saturday
 
12Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z