The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1994
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
7:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 189.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.92° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.60° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.