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The Moon on Friday, March 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on March 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 March 1968365,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
365,132 km226,883 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 14, 196818:52
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 21, 196811:08

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Friday, March 15, 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.