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The Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on September 4, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 September 1968375,201 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 4, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
375,201 km233,139 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 30, 196823:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 6, 196822:07

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Wednesday, September 4, 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.