The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 26, 2100
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
8:08 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2191
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.12° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.63° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| 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.