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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 11, 1968Waning Gibbous

Sunday 11 August 1968386,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
386,763 km240,323 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 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.