The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2097
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
7:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2154
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.64° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.