The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
5:46 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.60° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.36° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.