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The Moon on Friday, September 6, 1968: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Full Moon at

22:07UTC

Moon phase on September 6, 1968Full Moon

Friday 6 September 1968381,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 6, 1968, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
381,620 km237,128 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Corn Moon, 383,243 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 30, 196823:35
Full Moon (this day)Friday, September 6, 196822:07
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 14, 196820:31

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Friday, September 6, 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.