The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 2043
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
8:05 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 200.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.61° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.23° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.