The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 123.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.28° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.11° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.