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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on April 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 April 1968360,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
360,214 km223,827 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 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.