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The Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on April 14, 1968Waning Gibbous

Sunday 14 April 1968358,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 14, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
358,956 km223,045 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 13, 196804:52
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 19, 196819:35

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Sunday, April 14, 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.