The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 1997
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
8:41 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 215.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.79° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.42° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.