The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 373
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 | 157.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 12.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.31° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.80° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.