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The Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on June 8, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 June 1968360,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 8, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
360,263 km223,857 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Saturday, June 8, 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.