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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1968Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 October 1968361,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
361,905 km224,877 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 21, 196821:44
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 28, 196812:40

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 1968 to the new moon of November 20, 1968, a cycle of 29.43 days.