The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
5:53 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2018
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.82° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.55° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.