The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 25, 1924
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 14
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.43° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.23° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.