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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1968: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

First Quarter at

12:40UTC

Moon phase on October 28, 1968First Quarter

Monday 28 October 1968375,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1968, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
375,178 km233,125 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 21, 196821:44
First Quarter (this day)Monday, October 28, 196812:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 5, 196804:25

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.