The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1959
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
8:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 447
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.03° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.96° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.