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The Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on February 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 February 1968373,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
373,170 km231,877 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Thursday, February 15, 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.