The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
3:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.53° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.02° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.