The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 133.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.20° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.76° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.