The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 2025
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
11:28 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.26° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.47° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.