The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1968
Waning Crescent
7.5% 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
6:05 AM
3:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.73° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.81° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.