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The Moon on Friday, September 20, 1968: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on September 20, 1968Waning Crescent

Friday 20 September 1968381,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
381,795 km237,236 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Friday, September 20, 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.