The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1903
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
5:53 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.70° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.45° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.