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The Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on June 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 June 1968379,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
379,934 km236,080 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Saturday, June 15, 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.