The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, June 17, 2019

Full Moon Strawberry Moon

99.9% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
28°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.9%
Age
14.2 days
Distance
390,700 km
Apparent size
30.6′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
1193

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 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun183.69°
Phase angle4.01°
Illuminated fraction99.88%
Altitude / azimuth-60.9° / 299.9°
Right ascension / declination17h 59m / -21.83°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude269.88° / 1.60°
Libration in longitude / latitude4.43° / -1.77°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude1.03° / -0.57°
Position angle of the axis358.7°
Position angle of the bright limb69.3°
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.

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