The Moon on this date

Moon on Sunday, June 5, 2050

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
29°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.9%
Age
15.8 days
Distance
375,800 km
Apparent size
31.8′
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Lunation number
1576

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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun183.28°
Phase angle4.07°
Illuminated fraction99.87%
Altitude / azimuth-60.5° / 303.0°
Right ascension / declination17h 11m / -20.51°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude258.48° / 2.43°
Libration in longitude / latitude-5.29° / -2.77°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-8.21° / -0.64°
Position angle of the axis6.4°
Position angle of the bright limb60.4°
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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