The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1966
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.19° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.