The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
3:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -233
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.31° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.78° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.