The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 25, 2008
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
8:57 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 232.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.45° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.64° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.