The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1956
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
7:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 188.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.65° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.