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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1968Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 October 1968370,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
370,887 km230,459 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 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.