The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2041
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
1:25 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1461
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 | 304.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.12° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.10° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.