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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1968: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on July 18, 1968Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 July 1968402,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
402,950 km250,382 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 17, 196809:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 25, 196811:50

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.