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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1968: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on July 20, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 July 1968405,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
405,023 km251,670 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.