The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1902
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
9:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -258
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 | 229.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.41° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.71° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.