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The Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1979: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on November 18, 1979Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 November 1979393,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 18, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
393,168 km244,303 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Sunday, November 18, 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.