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The Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1968: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on September 19, 1968Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 September 1968386,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 19, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
386,884 km240,399 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Thursday, September 19, 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.