The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.91° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.79° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.