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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 31, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 October 1968387,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
387,957 km241,065 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.