The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 26, 2176
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
7:48 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3131
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 | 203.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.10° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.53° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.