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The Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on January 11, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 January 1968402,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
402,392 km250,035 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 31, 1967 at 03:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Thursday, January 11, 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.