The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1921
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
9:29 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 236.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.16° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.51° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.