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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 1968: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on March 22, 1968Waning Crescent

Friday 22 March 1968377,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.7% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
377,401 km234,506 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 21, 196811:08
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 28, 196822:48

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.