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The Moon on Monday, November 27, 1978: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on November 27, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 27 November 1978380,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
380,893 km236,676 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 30, 1978 at 08:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Monday, November 27, 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.