The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 1952
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
8:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 18.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 141.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.09° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.62° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.