The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
3:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.35° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.56° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.