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The Moon on Friday, November 1, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on November 1, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 November 1968391,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 1, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
391,703 km243,393 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Friday, November 1, 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.