The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
9:16 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.98° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.92° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.