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The Moon on Monday, March 18, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on March 18, 1968Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 March 1968364,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
364,718 km226,625 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Monday, March 18, 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.