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The Moon on Monday, March 11, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on March 11, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 March 1968382,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
382,942 km237,949 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 7, 196809:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 14, 196818:52

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Monday, March 11, 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.