The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
3:29 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 595
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.20° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.42° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.