The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1987
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
4:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 342.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.57° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.83° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.