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The Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on July 13, 1968Waning Gibbous

Saturday 13 July 1968379,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 13, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
379,768 km235,977 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Saturday, July 13, 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.