The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -233
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.28° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.93° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.