The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 25, 1927
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
11:57 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 51
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.94° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.17° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.29° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.