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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1967: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

First Quarter at

20:44UTC

Moon phase on August 12, 1967First Quarter

Saturday 12 August 1967370,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1967, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,241 km230,057 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1967 is on Sunday, August 20, 1967 at 02:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 1967 at 02:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 6, 196702:48
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 12, 196720:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 20, 196702:27

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1967 to the new moon of September 4, 1967, a cycle of 29.37 days.