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The Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on September 11, 1968Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 September 1968400,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
400,843 km249,072 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Wednesday, September 11, 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.