The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2072
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 74.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.19° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.12° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.