The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2068
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
11:34 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1795
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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.24° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.53° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.07° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.