The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
6:15 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 332.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.44° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.