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The Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on April 11, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 April 1968365,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
365,714 km227,244 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 28, 1968 at 22:48 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Thursday, April 11, 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.