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SkyWatch: February 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Feb 22 07:02 UT)
RA 22 21 43.2Dec -10 13 05.0
X 0.885755
Y -0.404192
Z -0.175220
R 0.989260
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Feb 21 | 05:11 | 05:42 | 06:13 | 06:40 | 17:44 | 18:11 | 18:42 | 19:13 |
| 2025 Feb 22 | 05:10 | 05:41 | 06:12 | 06:38 | 17:45 | 18:12 | 18:43 | 19:14 |
| 2025 Feb 23 | 05:08 | 05:39 | 06:10 | 06:37 | 17:46 | 18:13 | 18:44 | 19:15 |
Moon Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Feb 22 07:02 UT)
RA 17 21 17.6Selected Positions for February 2025
Dec -28 22 13.9
Phase -0.348 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.929 degrees
Diameter 30.36 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 75WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Feb 21 02:01 06:32 10:51 2025 Feb 22 03:01 07:26 11:43 2025 Feb 23 03:58 08:23 12:48 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Feb 22 07:02 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 22 21 43.2 -10 13 05.0
Opposition 10 21 43.2 +10 13 05.0 180E 17:40 00:11 06:40
Mercury 23 02 34.8 -07 12 59.3 11E 07:18 12:53 18:32
Venus 00 25 28.7 +08 45 15.5 36E 07:51 14:16 20:40
Mars 07 14 25.3 +26 06 44.2 133E 13:35 21:04 04:32
Jupiter 04 39 55.6 +21 44 19.0 98E 11:19 18:30 01:40
Saturn 23 24 30.2 -05 54 16.3 16E 07:23 13:04 18:40
Uranus 03 23 12.8 +18 19 36.9 80E 10:15 17:13 00:11
Neptune 23 55 47.6 -01 49 59.1 25E 07:41 13:35 19:22
Pluto 20 21 46.3 -22 53 47.3 31W 05:22 10:01 14:34
Feb 01 2025 Feb 16 2025 Feb 28 2025
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Sun 20 57 56.7 -17 11 05.4 21 57 39.5 -12 26 19.2 23 42 44.8 -01 52 04.1
Opposition 08 57 56.7 +17 11 05.4 180E 09 57 39.5 +12 26 19.2 180E 11 42 44.8 +01 52 04.1 180E
Mercury 20 35 46.0 -20 41 19.7 6W 22 20 02.5 -12 12 45.1 5E 00 28 35.4 +06 40 27.9 14E
Venus 23 46 15.2 +00 37 31.7 45E 00 18 17.9 +06 45 40.5 40E 00 10 18.0 +10 23 43.3 14E
Mars 07 29 49.1 +26 08 21.2 158E 07 16 16.0 +26 14 21.9 140E 07 23 44.6 +25 10 15.5 114E
Jupiter 04 37 47.3 +21 35 42.2 119E 04 38 38.4 +21 40 33.7 104E 04 48 17.3 +22 03 34.4 78E
Saturn 23 15 28.3 -06 52 31.0 35E 23 21 45.3 -06 11 54.7 22E 23 34 21.1 -04 51 34.7 4W
Uranus 03 22 18.5 +18 15 47.4 101E 03 22 46.9 +18 17 53.0 86E 03 25 42.8 +18 29 13.8 58E
Neptune 23 53 17.7 -02 06 37.6 46E 23 55 00.4 -01 55 10.9 31E 23 58 43.8 -01 30 48.6 4E
Pluto 20 19 00.4 -23 00 15.8 11W 20 20 59.5 -22 55 31.6 25W 20 24 08.7 -22 49 11.8 52W