The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1908
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
12:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -184
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 | 290.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.78° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.67° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.