The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
5:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1313
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 | 152.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.69° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.76° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.