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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on October 29, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 October 1968379,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
379,587 km235,864 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 28, 196812:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 5, 196804:25

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.