The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 25, 1918
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
6:44 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -60
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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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 349.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.21° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.