The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 1979
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
6:35 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 70% of the Sun is covered at 11:58 AM.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 179.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.65° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.51° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 159.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.