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The Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1968: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Last Quarter at

20:31UTC

Moon phase on September 14, 1968Last Quarter

Saturday 14 September 1968404,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 14, 1968, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
404,116 km251,106 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 6, 196822:07
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 14, 196820:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 22, 196811:08

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Saturday, September 14, 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.