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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 January 1968399,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
399,831 km248,443 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 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.