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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on May 14, 1968Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 14 May 1968360,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
360,074 km223,740 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 12, 196813:05
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 19, 196805:44

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 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.