The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 1900
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
3:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.62° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.50° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.