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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on April 9, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 April 1968376,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
376,821 km234,145 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 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.