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The Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on November 12, 1968Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 November 1968397,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.7% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
397,404 km246,935 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Tuesday, November 12, 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.