The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2090
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
4:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2067
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.40° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.00° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.