The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
7:15 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 7.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 155.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.73° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.40° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.