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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on April 5, 1968Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 April 1968398,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
398,817 km247,814 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 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.