The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
10:19 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.32° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.