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The Moon on Monday, April 8, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on April 8, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 April 1968383,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 8, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.3% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
383,016 km237,995 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 6, 196803:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 13, 196804:52

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Monday, April 8, 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.