The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2011
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
12:36 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 290.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.65° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.85° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.