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The Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on March 31, 1968Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 March 1968404,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 31, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
404,631 km251,426 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 28, 196822:48
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 6, 196803:28

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Sunday, March 31, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1968 to the new moon of April 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.69 days.