The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 25, 1938
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
2:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 308.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.61° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.29° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.72° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.