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The Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1968: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on September 21, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 September 1968377,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 21, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
377,003 km234,259 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1968 is on Friday, September 6, 1968 at 22:07 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Saturday, September 21, 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.