The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1971
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
7:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.97° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 0.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.