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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on March 19, 1968Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 March 1968367,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
367,012 km228,050 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.