The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
5:46 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2389
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 | 144.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.52° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.81° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.