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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1968: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on March 24, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 March 1968384,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
384,949 km239,196 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 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.