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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1968: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on July 23, 1968Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 July 1968400,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
400,399 km248,796 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1968 is on Wednesday, July 10, 1968 at 03:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.