The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% 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
2:20 PM
4:36 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1882
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.34° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.90° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.