The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Waning Crescent
28.6% 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
3:36 AM
12:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 295.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.14° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| 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.