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The Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1968: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

New Moon at

15:21UTC

Moon phase on April 27, 1968New Moon

Saturday 27 April 1968405,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 27, 1968, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
405,158 km251,753 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1968 is on Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 04:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 19, 196819:35
New Moon (this day)Saturday, April 27, 196815:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 5, 196817:54

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Saturday, April 27, 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.