The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
5:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2253
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 | 153.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.72° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.91° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.