The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2081
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
8:39 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1956
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 | 223.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.86° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.98° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.