The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 1954
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
10:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 385
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars 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 | 266.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.54° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.45° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.