The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
4:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.57° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.43° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.