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The Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1968: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 October 1968374,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 19, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
374,219 km232,529 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Saturday, October 19, 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.