The Moon on this date

Moon on Friday, June 13, 2014

Full Moon Strawberry Moon

99.5% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
30°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.5%
Age
15.9 days
Distance
363,700 km
Apparent size
32.8′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
1131

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

Exact values

For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun186.77°
Phase angle8.11°
Illuminated fraction99.50%
Altitude / azimuth-56.8° / 299.9°
Right ascension / declination17h 57m / -18.92°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude269.34° / 4.51°
Libration in longitude / latitude-3.49° / -5.47°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-9.81° / -1.27°
Position angle of the axis1.1°
Position angle of the bright limb57.7°
Apparent magnitude-12.6

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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