The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.49° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.21° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.