The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1995
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 892
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 208.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.20° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.15° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.