The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2182
Last Quarter
44.8% 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
1:39 AM
11:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3205
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.44° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.56° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.