The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 1918
Waning Gibbous
99.2% 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
7:24 PM
7:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 188.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.13° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.57° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.