The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:35 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.35° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.30° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.