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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on January 31, 1968Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 January 1968386,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
386,133 km239,932 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 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.