The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1919
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
2:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 311.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.59° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.