The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1973
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
11:21 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.19° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.25° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.