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The Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1968: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

New Moon at

08:02UTC

Moon phase on November 20, 1968New Moon

Wednesday 20 November 1968357,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 20, 1968, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
357,748 km222,294 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 13, 196808:53
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, November 20, 196808:02
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 26, 196823:30

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Wednesday, November 20, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 1968 to the new moon of December 19, 1968, a cycle of 29.43 days.