The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 2057
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1659
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.59° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.84° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.