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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on October 7, 1968Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 October 1968397,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
397,227 km246,825 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 6, 196811:46
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 14, 196815:05

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 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.