The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1955
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
5:55 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 401
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:26 AM, is deepest at 10:22 AM and ends at 12:19 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.05° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 162.3° |
| 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.