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The Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 29, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 June 1968391,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 29, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
391,785 km243,444 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Saturday, June 29, 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.