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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1968: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on October 18, 1968Waning Crescent

Friday 18 October 1968379,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
379,998 km236,120 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.