The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
2:29 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 600
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.79° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.34° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.