The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1951
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
8:51 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 348
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.93° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.43° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.