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The Moon on Monday, April 29, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on April 29, 1968Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 April 1968406,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 29, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
406,368 km252,506 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 27, 196815:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 5, 196817:54

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Monday, April 29, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1968 to the new moon of May 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.67 days.