The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
5:01 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3428
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.64° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.21° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.