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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on May 11, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 May 1968358,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
358,382 km222,688 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 5, 196817:54
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 12, 196813:05

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 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.