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The Moon on Monday, November 12, 1979: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on November 12, 1979Waning Crescent

Monday 12 November 1979403,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 12, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
403,840 km250,934 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 11, 197916:24
New Moon (after)Monday, November 19, 197918:04

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Monday, November 12, 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.