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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1968: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

First Quarter at

18:34UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 1968First Quarter

Thursday 1 August 1968371,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1968, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
371,749 km230,994 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 25, 196811:50
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 1, 196818:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 8, 196811:32

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.