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The Moon on Friday, June 7, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on June 7, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 June 1968363,803 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 7, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.1% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
363,803 km226,057 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 4, 196804:47
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 10, 196820:13

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Friday, June 7, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1968 to the new moon of June 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.62 days.