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The Moon on Wednesday, November 14, 1979: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on November 14, 1979Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 November 1979404,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 14, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.8% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
404,079 km251,083 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 14, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 14

More about this date

Wednesday, November 14, 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.