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The Moon on Saturday, February 10, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on February 10, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 10 February 1968394,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 10, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
394,334 km245,028 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 6, 196812:21
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 14, 196806:43

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Saturday, February 10, 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.