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The Moon on Friday, October 25, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on October 25, 1968Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 October 1968363,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 25, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
363,896 km226,114 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Friday, October 25, 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.