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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on August 9, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 August 1968376,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
376,853 km234,165 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 8, 196811:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 16, 196802:13

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 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.