The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1996
Waxing Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
12:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 84.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.39° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.16° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.