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The Moon on Monday, January 15, 1968: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Full Moon at

16:11UTC

Moon phase on January 15, 1968Full Moon

Monday 15 January 1968389,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 15, 1968, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
389,309 km241,906 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 388,662 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 7, 196814:23
Full Moon (this day)Monday, January 15, 196816:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 22, 196819:38

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Monday, January 15, 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.