The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
3:16 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.81° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.79° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.