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The Moon on Monday, September 9, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on September 9, 1968Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 September 1968393,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 9, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
393,885 km244,748 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Monday, September 9, 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.