The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:56 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 124.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 43.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.14° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.71° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| 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.