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The Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1968: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 1968Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 October 1968391,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 16, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
391,555 km243,301 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Wednesday, October 16, 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.