The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 25, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
6:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.22° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.92° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.