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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on August 15, 1968Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 August 1968402,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.8% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
402,628 km250,181 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 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.