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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1968: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1968Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 October 1968396,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
396,489 km246,367 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 14, 196815:05
New Moon (after)Monday, October 21, 196821:44

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 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.