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The Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1968: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

New Moon at

22:48UTC

Moon phase on March 28, 1968New Moon

Thursday 28 March 1968398,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 28, 1968, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
398,145 km247,396 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 21, 196811:08
New Moon (this day)Thursday, March 28, 196822:48
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 6, 196803:28

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Thursday, March 28, 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.