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The Moon on Monday, March 4, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on March 4, 1968Waxing Crescent

Monday 4 March 1968404,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 4, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,340 km251,245 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 28, 196806:56
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 7, 196809:20

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Monday, March 4, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 1968 to the new moon of March 28, 1968, a cycle of 29.66 days.