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The Moon on Friday, July 19, 1968: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on July 19, 1968Waning Crescent

Friday 19 July 1968404,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 19, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,584 km251,397 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Friday, July 19, 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.