The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2152
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
10:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2834
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.68° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.31° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.