The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 2057
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1659
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.46° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.67° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.