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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on March 12, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 March 1968377,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
377,372 km234,488 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 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.