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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 October 1968367,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
367,010 km228,049 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 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.