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The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on May 1, 1968Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 May 1968404,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
404,578 km251,393 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 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.