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The Moon on Monday, June 17, 1968: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Last Quarter at

18:14UTC

Moon phase on June 17, 1968Last Quarter

Monday 17 June 1968391,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 17, 1968, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
391,762 km243,430 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 10, 196820:13
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, June 17, 196818:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 25, 196822:25

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Monday, June 17, 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.