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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on July 5, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 July 1968366,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
366,959 km228,018 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 3, 196812:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 10, 196803:18

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.