The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 1982
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
8:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 732
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 | 22.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.27° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.53° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.