The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2145
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
10:27 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2748
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.18° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.19° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.