The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1984
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
12:39 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.57° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.51° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.