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The Moon on Thursday, November 30, 1978: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

New Moon at

08:20UTC

Moon phase on November 30, 1978New Moon

Thursday 30 November 1978367,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 30, 1978, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
367,033 km228,064 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 30, 1978 is on Thursday, December 14, 1978 at 12:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 30, 1978 at 08:20 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 22, 197821:24
New Moon (this day)Thursday, November 30, 197808:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 7, 197800:34

The Moon around November 30

More about this date

Thursday, November 30, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1978 to the new moon of December 29, 1978, a cycle of 29.47 days.