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The Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1968: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

First Quarter at

05:07UTC

Moon phase on September 29, 1968First Quarter

Sunday 29 September 1968371,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 29, 1968, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
371,929 km231,106 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 22, 196811:08
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, September 29, 196805:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 6, 196811:46

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Sunday, September 29, 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.