The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1982
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
9:28 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.95° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.33° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.