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The Moon on Sunday, November 26, 1978: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on November 26, 1978Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 November 1978386,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 26, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
386,514 km240,169 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 30, 1978 at 08:20 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 22, 197821:24
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 30, 197808:20

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Sunday, November 26, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 31, 1978 to the new moon of November 30, 1978, a cycle of 29.51 days.