The Moon on this date

Moon on Thursday, June 29, 2045

Full Moon Strawberry Moon

99.8% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
22°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.8%
Age
14.5 days
Distance
401,900 km
Apparent size
29.7′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
1515

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

  2. Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

Exact values

For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun184.06°
Phase angle5.27°
Illuminated fraction99.79%
Altitude / azimuth-62.7° / 291.2°
Right ascension / declination18h 55m / -26.23°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude282.39° / -3.38°
Libration in longitude / latitude2.59° / 4.66°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-1.19° / 1.15°
Position angle of the axis355.8°
Position angle of the bright limb128.7°
Apparent magnitude-12.4

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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