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The Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1968: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 November 1968374,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 16, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
374,366 km232,620 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 4 days later.

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Saturday, November 16, 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.