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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1968: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 August 1968403,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
403,112 km250,482 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1968 is on Thursday, August 8, 1968 at 11:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.