The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1993
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
11:33 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 868
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.43° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.