The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1917
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
11:25 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.39° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.09° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.