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The Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1968: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on September 18, 1968Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 September 1968391,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
391,877 km243,501 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Wednesday, September 18, 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.