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The Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 1968: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on June 19, 1968Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 June 1968400,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 19, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
400,595 km248,918 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Wednesday, June 19, 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.