The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
1:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 96.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.42° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.61° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.