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The Moon on Monday, November 19, 1979: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

New Moon at

18:04UTC

Moon phase on November 19, 1979New Moon

Monday 19 November 1979389,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 19, 1979, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
389,435 km241,983 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 11, 197916:24
New Moon (this day)Monday, November 19, 197918:04
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 26, 197921:09

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Monday, November 19, 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.