The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1910
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:39 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -159
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 | 208.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.05° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.14° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.