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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on June 12, 1968Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 June 1968363,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
363,150 km225,651 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 10, 196820:13
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 17, 196818:14

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 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.