The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
2:25 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.02° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.69° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.