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The Moon on Friday, October 11, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 11, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 October 1968405,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
405,117 km251,728 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Friday, October 11, 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.