The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
5:48 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 151.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.02° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.17° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.