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The Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on November 3, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 November 1968398,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 3, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
398,135 km247,390 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Sunday, November 3, 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.