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The Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on November 23, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 November 1968363,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 23, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
363,189 km225,675 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Saturday, November 23, 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.