The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1971
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
9:24 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.13° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.13° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.