The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1927
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:43 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 51
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 | 291.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.94° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.39° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.47° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.