The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1989
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
9:02 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 234.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.01° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.01° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.