The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2082
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
5:37 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1968
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.53° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.68° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.