The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 1975
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
7:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.89° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.