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The Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1968: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Full Moon at

04:25UTC

Moon phase on November 5, 1968Full Moon

Tuesday 5 November 1968402,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 5, 1968, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
402,995 km250,410 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Beaver Moon (also called the Hunter's Moon), 402,348 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 21, 1968 at 21:44 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 28, 196812:40
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, November 5, 196804:25
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 13, 196808:53

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Tuesday, November 5, 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.