The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1916
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
11:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.93° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.04° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.