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The Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on July 27, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 July 1968387,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
387,363 km240,696 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 25, 196811:50
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 1, 196818:34

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Saturday, July 27, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1968 to the new moon of August 23, 1968, a cycle of 29.50 days.