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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on September 28, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 September 1968369,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
369,646 km229,688 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 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.