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The Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1968: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

First Quarter at

12:42UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 1968First Quarter

Wednesday 3 July 1968375,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 3, 1968, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
375,081 km233,065 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 25, 196822:25
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 3, 196812:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 10, 196803:18

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Wednesday, July 3, 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.