The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1971
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
8:16 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 18.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.90° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.83° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.