The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2193
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
12:43 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3341
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.78° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.00° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.