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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on May 12, 1967Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 May 1967394,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
394,230 km244,963 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1967 is on Tuesday, May 23, 1967 at 20:22 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 9, 1967 at 14:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 9, 196714:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 17, 196705:18

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1967 to the new moon of June 8, 1967, a cycle of 29.60 days.