The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
7:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 171.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 354.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.93° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.