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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on May 4, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 4 May 1968394,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
394,965 km245,420 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.