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The Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1968Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 October 1968404,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
404,778 km251,518 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Saturday, October 12, 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.