The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1968
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
6:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.71° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 170.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.