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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1968: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 August 1968404,201 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,201 km251,159 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 16, 196802:13
New Moon (after)Friday, August 23, 196823:57

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 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.