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The Moon on Monday, April 22, 1968: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on April 22, 1968Waning Crescent

Monday 22 April 1968391,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 22, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
391,540 km243,291 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Monday, April 22, 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.