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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 October 1968383,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
383,750 km238,451 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 22, 1968 at 11:08 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 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.