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The Moon on Sunday, November 11, 1979: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Last Quarter at

16:24UTC

Moon phase on November 11, 1979Last Quarter

Sunday 11 November 1979401,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 11, 1979, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
401,822 km249,680 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 11, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 4, 197905:47
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, November 11, 197916:24
New Moon (after)Monday, November 19, 197918:04

The Moon around November 11

More about this date

Sunday, November 11, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 1979 to the new moon of November 19, 1979, a cycle of 29.65 days.