The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2050
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.05° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.09° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.