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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on May 16, 1968Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 May 1968369,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
369,348 km229,502 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 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.