The Moon on this date

Moon on Thursday, June 7, 2085

Full Moon Strawberry Moon

99.7% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
26°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.7%
Age
15.1 days
Distance
371,100 km
Apparent size
32.2′
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Lunation number
2009

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Strawberry Moon

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

  2. Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:40 PM, is deepest at 10:14 PM and ends at 11:49 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.

Exact values

For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun174.47°
Phase angle5.80°
Illuminated fraction99.74%
Altitude / azimuth-69.0° / 313.8°
Right ascension / declination16h 41m / -24.01°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude252.11° / -1.79°
Libration in longitude / latitude-4.83° / 2.66°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude0.81° / 0.43°
Position angle of the axis9.2°
Position angle of the bright limb257.7°
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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