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The Moon on Friday, June 21, 1968: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on June 21, 1968Waning Crescent

Friday 21 June 1968405,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 21, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
405,215 km251,789 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Friday, June 21, 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.