The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2140
First Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
2:04 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2686
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.76° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.62° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.