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The Moon on Thursday, June 27, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on June 27, 1968Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 June 1968398,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
398,326 km247,508 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 25, 196822:25
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 3, 196812:42

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Thursday, June 27, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 1968 to the new moon of July 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.56 days.