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The Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1968: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on June 18, 1968Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 June 1968396,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
396,667 km246,478 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 17, 196818:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 25, 196822:25

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Tuesday, June 18, 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.