The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1970
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:51 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 228.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.58° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.23° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.