The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
4:39 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 136.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 34.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.95° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.96° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.