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The Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1968: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 27, 1968Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 March 1968395,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
395,175 km245,550 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1968 is on Thursday, March 14, 1968 at 18:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Wednesday, March 27, 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.