The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
1:44 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 307.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.51° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.51° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.