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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on July 12, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 July 1968374,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
374,075 km232,440 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 10, 196803:18
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 17, 196809:11

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 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.