The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 132.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.68° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.26° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.