The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2089
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
7:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2055
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 | 204.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.88° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.38° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.