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The Moon on Tuesday, November 26, 1968: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

First Quarter at

23:30UTC

Moon phase on November 26, 1968First Quarter

Tuesday 26 November 1968379,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 26, 1968, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.0% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
379,028 km235,517 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, November 20, 196808:02
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 26, 196823:30
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 4, 196823:07

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Tuesday, November 26, 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.