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The Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1968: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 October 1968369,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
369,076 km229,333 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1968 is on Sunday, October 6, 1968 at 11:46 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Sunday, October 20, 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.