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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1968: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on April 24, 1968Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 April 1968398,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
398,744 km247,768 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.