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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on August 29, 1968Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 August 1968370,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
370,439 km230,180 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 23, 196823:57
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 30, 196823:35

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 1968 to the new moon of September 22, 1968, a cycle of 29.47 days.