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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 1968Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 August 1968399,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
399,983 km248,538 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.