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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 13, 1968Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 13 August 1968396,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
396,276 km246,235 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 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.