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The Moon on Tuesday, November 13, 1979: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on November 13, 1979Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 November 1979404,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
404,579 km251,394 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 13, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around November 13

More about this date

Tuesday, November 13, 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.