The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2099
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2179
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 | 71.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.14° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.78° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.