The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2022
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
1:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.65° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.30° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.