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The Moon on Monday, August 5, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 5, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 August 1968366,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 5, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
366,388 km227,663 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 25, 1968 at 11:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 1, 196818:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 8, 196811:32

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Monday, August 5, 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.