The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
1:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 72.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.57° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.03° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.