The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 25, 2017
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
5:32 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.87° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.91° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.