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The Moon on Monday, January 8, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on January 8, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 January 1968403,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 8, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
403,947 km251,001 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 31, 1967 at 03:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 7, 196814:23
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 15, 196816:11

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Monday, January 8, 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.