The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
8:18 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.12° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.12° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.