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The Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on January 3, 1968Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 January 1968383,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
383,925 km238,560 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 31, 1967 at 03:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 31, 196703:39
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 7, 196814:23

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Wednesday, January 3, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 1967 to the new moon of January 29, 1968, a cycle of 29.54 days.