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The Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 1968Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 July 1968377,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 30, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
377,461 km234,543 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Tuesday, July 30, 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.