The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 25, 2013
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
6:40 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 349.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.52° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.