The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1936
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
11:33 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.92° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.30° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.