The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1965
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
1:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.57° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.08° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.