The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 25, 2023
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.91° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.99° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.