The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 2024
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
8:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 203.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.24° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.61° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.