The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 2085
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
9:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 33.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.40° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.16° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.