The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2005
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
8:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 208.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.84° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.98° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.