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The Moon on Friday, January 19, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on January 19, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 January 1968376,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 19, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
376,644 km234,035 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Friday, January 19, 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.