The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1967
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 549
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.70° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.59° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.