The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
3:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1263
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.51° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.22° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.