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The Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on January 30, 1968Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 January 1968381,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 30, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
381,636 km237,138 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 29, 196816:29
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 6, 196812:21

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Tuesday, January 30, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1968 to the new moon of February 28, 1968, a cycle of 29.60 days.