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The Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on September 7, 1968Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 September 1968385,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 7, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
385,568 km239,581 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 23, 1968 at 23:57 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 6, 196822:07
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 14, 196820:31

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Saturday, September 7, 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.