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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1968: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on April 23, 1968Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 April 1968395,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
395,435 km245,712 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 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.