The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 1940
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
9:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 226.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.23° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.17° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.