The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1975
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
8:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 188.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.26° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.