The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2012
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
11:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.24° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.25° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.