The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1979
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
5:22 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 694
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.50° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.31° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.