The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
5:28 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.83° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.37° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.