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The Moon on Monday, October 14, 1968: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Last Quarter at

15:05UTC

Moon phase on October 14, 1968Last Quarter

Monday 14 October 1968400,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 14, 1968, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
400,440 km248,822 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 6, 196811:46
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, October 14, 196815:05
New Moon (after)Monday, October 21, 196821:44

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Monday, October 14, 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.