The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1981
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 255.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.32° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.63° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.