The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
4:08 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2587
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 | 124.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.09° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.84° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.