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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on November 8, 1968Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 November 1968406,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
406,078 km252,325 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 5, 196804:25
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 13, 196808:53

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.