The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 309.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.45° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.77° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.