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The Moon on Wednesday, November 29, 1978: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on November 29, 1978Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 November 1978370,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 29, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
370,737 km230,365 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 30, 1978 at 08:20 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Wednesday, November 29, 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.