The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1997
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
9:12 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 226.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.92° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.57° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.