Lunar Calendar Month October 2017 (Tuvalu)

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 Funafuti, Tuvalu 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 phases	Dates	Time
full moon	2017-10-06	06:40
3rd quarter	2017-10-13	00:25
new moon	2017-10-20	07:12
1st quarter	2017-10-28	10:22

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2017-10-09	17:52	366,857 km
Apogee	2017-10-25	14:26	405,150 km

Meteor Activity

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

Name	Peak Day
S. Taurids	2017-10-10
Orionids	2017-10-21
Draconids	2017-10-08
δ-Aurigids	2017-10-11
ε-Geminids	2017-10-18
Leonis Minorids	2017-10-24

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 Objects	Date and Time
Aldebaran	2017-10-10 06:05
Beehive	2017-10-14 08:29
Regulus	2017-10-15 22:54
Mars	2017-10-17 22:04
Venus	2017-10-18 12:21
Saturn	2017-10-24 23:54

Illumination of the Moon

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

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Tuvalu.

October 2017
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 39	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	29Friday	30Saturday	1Sunday 72% illuminated Age:9.5
Week 40	2Monday 80.5% illuminated Age:10.5	3Tuesday 87.8% illuminated Age:11.4	4Wednesday 93.8% illuminated Age:12.4	5Thursday 98% illuminated Age:13.4	6Friday 99.9% illuminated Age:14.5	7Saturday 99.3% illuminated Age:15.5	8Sunday 96.1% illuminated Age:16.6
Week 41	9Monday 90.3% illuminated Age:17.7	10Tuesday 82.3% illuminated Age:18.8	11Wednesday 72.6% illuminated Age:19.9	12Thursday 61.8% illuminated Age:21	13Friday 50.4% illuminated Age:22.1	14Saturday 39.2% illuminated Age:23.2	15Sunday 28.6% illuminated Age:24.2
Week 42	16Monday 19.2% illuminated Age:25.3	17Tuesday 11.5% illuminated Age:26.3	18Wednesday 5.6% illuminated Age:27.3	19Thursday 1.8% illuminated Age:28.3	20Friday 0.1% illuminated Age:29.3	21Saturday 0.5% illuminated Age:0.7	22Sunday 2.9% illuminated Age:1.6
Week 43	23Monday 7.1% illuminated Age:2.5	24Tuesday 12.8% illuminated Age:3.4	25Wednesday 19.8% illuminated Age:4.3	26Thursday 27.8% illuminated Age:5.2	27Friday 36.6% illuminated Age:6.1	28Saturday 45.9% illuminated Age:7	29Sunday 55.6% illuminated Age:7.9
Week 44	30Monday 65.2% illuminated Age:8.8	31Tuesday 74.5% illuminated Age:9.8	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday