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The Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1968: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on November 17, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 November 1968368,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 17, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
368,398 km228,912 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1968 is on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 04:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 3 days later.

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Sunday, November 17, 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.