The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1987
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
5:18 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 797
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.39° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.