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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on July 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 July 1968391,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
391,209 km243,086 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 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.