The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 25, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2018
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.79° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.