The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
5:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 151.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.88° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.56° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.