The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
6:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 158.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.04° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.