The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 25, 1966
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
11:30 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.69° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.21° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.