The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.47° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.79° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.