The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2054
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:54 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1622
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 | 239.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.33° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.78° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.