The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1989
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 245.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.99° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.17° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.