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Lunar Calendar Month October 2019 (Greenland)

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 Nuuk, Greenland during October 2019.

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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
1st quarter2019-10-0514:47
full moon2019-10-1319:08
3rd quarter2019-10-2110:39
new moon2019-10-2800:38

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-10-1016:30405,901 km
Perigee2019-10-2608:42361,314 km

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
Jupiter2019-10-03 18:23
Saturn2019-10-05 18:48
Beehive2019-10-22 02:41
Venus2019-10-29 10:33
Jupiter2019-10-31 11:22

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2019.

October 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 40
30Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
7.8% illuminated
Age:2.7
2Wednesday
 
15.1% illuminated
Age:3.7
3Thursday
 
23.9% illuminated
Age:4.8
4Friday
 
33.6% illuminated
Age:5.8
5Saturday
 
43.7% illuminated
Age:6.8
6Sunday
 
53.7% illuminated
Age:7.7
Week 41
7Monday
 
63.4% illuminated
Age:8.7
8Tuesday
 
72.4% illuminated
Age:9.6
9Wednesday
 
80.5% illuminated
Age:10.5
10Thursday
 
87.4% illuminated
Age:11.4
11Friday
 
93% illuminated
Age:12.2
12Saturday
 
97% illuminated
Age:13.1
13Sunday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age:14
Week 42
14Monday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.9
15Tuesday
 
98.7% illuminated
Age:15.9
16Wednesday
 
95.4% illuminated
Age:16.8
17Thursday
 
90.3% illuminated
Age:17.7
18Friday
 
83.5% illuminated
Age:18.7
19Saturday
 
75.1% illuminated
Age:19.7
20Sunday
 
65.4% illuminated
Age:20.7
Week 43
21Monday
 
54.8% illuminated
Age:21.7
22Tuesday
 
43.7% illuminated
Age:22.7
23Wednesday
 
32.7% illuminated
Age:23.8
24Thursday
 
22.3% illuminated
Age:24.9
25Friday
 
13.3% illuminated
Age:26
26Saturday
 
6.2% illuminated
Age:27.2
27Sunday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:28.4
Week 44
28Monday
 
0% illuminated
Age:29.5
29Tuesday
 
1.3% illuminated
Age:1.1
30Wednesday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age:2.2
31Thursday
 
11.3% illuminated
Age:3.2
1Friday
 
2Saturday
 
3Sunday
 
4Monday
 
5Tuesday
 
6Wednesday
 
7Thursday
 
8Friday
 
9Saturday
 
10Sunday
 
11Monday
 
12Tuesday
 
13Wednesday
 
14Thursday
 
15Friday
 
16Saturday
 
17Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z