The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
5:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 970
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.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 317.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.28° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.61° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| 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.