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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on May 17, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 May 1968375,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
375,216 km233,148 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 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.