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The Moon on Monday, November 4, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on November 4, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 November 1968400,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 4, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
400,783 km249,035 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Monday, November 4, 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.