The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1913
Waning Gibbous
62.4% 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
12:15 AM
10:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -122
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.29° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.13° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.