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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1968: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on April 21, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 April 1968387,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
387,095 km240,530 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 19, 196819:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 27, 196815:21

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 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.