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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1968: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on June 20, 1968Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 June 1968403,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
403,447 km250,690 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 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.