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The Moon on Monday, September 23, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 23, 1968Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 September 1968369,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 23, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
369,680 km229,709 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 22, 196811:08
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 29, 196805:07

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Monday, September 23, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 1968 to the new moon of October 21, 1968, a cycle of 29.44 days.