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The Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1968: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on September 15, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 September 1968402,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
402,716 km250,236 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 14, 196820:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 22, 196811:08

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Sunday, September 15, 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.