The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2079
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
1:07 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1931
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Saturn and Uranus 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 | 301.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.03° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.51° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.