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The Moon on Friday, September 13, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on September 13, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 September 1968404,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 13, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.8% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
404,230 km251,177 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Friday, September 13, 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.