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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 1968Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 January 1968379,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
379,277 km235,672 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 15, 196816:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 22, 196819:38

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.