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The Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1968: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on March 26, 1968Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 March 1968391,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 26, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
391,959 km243,552 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Tuesday, March 26, 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.