The Moon on this date

Moon on Sunday, June 11, 1911

Full Moon Strawberry MoonMicromoon

99.9% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
–
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.9%
Age
14.4 days
Distance
406,300 km
Apparent size
29.4′
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Lunation number
-143

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Strawberry MoonMicromoon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

  2. Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

Exact values

For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun177.80°
Phase angle3.85°
Illuminated fraction99.89%
Altitude / azimuth-75.5° / 341.5°
Right ascension / declination17h 04m / -26.02°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude257.44° / -3.18°
Libration in longitude / latitude-0.02° / 4.40°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude2.27° / 1.06°
Position angle of the axis4.3°
Position angle of the bright limb218.9°
Apparent magnitude-12.5

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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