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The Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on March 20, 1968Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 March 1968370,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
370,080 km229,957 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Wednesday, March 20, 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.