The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2191
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
9:58 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3317
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.24° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.21° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.