The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 25, 1963
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
8:23 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.71° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.34° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.