The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2076
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
10:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1894
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.05° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.