The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 25, 2174
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
11:25 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3106
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 | 280.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.73° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.31° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.01° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.