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The Moon on Friday, November 23, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on November 23, 1979Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 November 1979376,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 23, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
376,666 km234,050 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 19, 197918:04
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 26, 197921:09

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Friday, November 23, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1979 to the new moon of December 19, 1979, a cycle of 29.60 days.