The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 25, 2005
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:03 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.28° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.83° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.