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The Moon on Monday, January 29, 1968: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

New Moon at

16:29UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 1968New Moon

Monday 29 January 1968377,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 29, 1968, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
377,585 km234,620 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 22, 196819:38
New Moon (this day)Monday, January 29, 196816:29
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 6, 196812:21

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Monday, January 29, 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.