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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on March 13, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 March 1968372,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
372,282 km231,325 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.