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The Moon on Monday, June 24, 1968: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on June 24, 1968Waning Crescent

Monday 24 June 1968404,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 24, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
404,817 km251,541 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Monday, June 24, 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.