The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 2066
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
9:12 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1771
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.96° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.