The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1939
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.57° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.39° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.