The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 5, 2020
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
5:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 1:45 PM, is deepest at 3:24 PM and ends at 5:04 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 | 178.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.66° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.4° |
| 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.