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The Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 2, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 October 1968380,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 2, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
380,526 km236,448 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Wednesday, October 2, 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.