The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 1965
Waning Crescent
27.5% 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
3:40 AM
12:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.79° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.89° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.