The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
4:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1412
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.09° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.36° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.