The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 1951
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 348
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 | 240.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 270.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.83° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.58° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.