The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 2016
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
9:05 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.93° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.19° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.