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The Moon on Tuesday, September 10, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on September 10, 1968Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 September 1968397,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 10, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
397,684 km247,109 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Tuesday, September 10, 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.