The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1944
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
10:39 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 36.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.33° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.46° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.