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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1968: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Last Quarter at

03:28UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 1968Last Quarter

Wednesday 21 February 1968371,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1968, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
371,215 km230,662 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 14, 196806:43
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 21, 196803:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 28, 196806:56

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 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.