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The Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on November 2, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 November 1968395,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 2, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
395,101 km245,504 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Saturday, November 2, 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.