The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 25, 2080
Waxing Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
11:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.24° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.78° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.