The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2058
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
10:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1672
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.63° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.29° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.