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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 May 1968364,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
364,134 km226,262 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 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.