The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2147
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
2:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2772
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 | 310.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.73° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.05° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.