The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1976
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 311.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.36° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.15° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.