The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
3:51 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2451
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 | 117.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.94° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.09° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.