The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1962
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.95° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.84° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.