The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
8:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.61° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.20° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.