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The Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on April 18, 1968Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 April 1968371,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
371,865 km231,066 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Thursday, April 18, 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.