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The Moon on Monday, November 26, 1979: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

First Quarter at

21:09UTC

Moon phase on November 26, 1979First Quarter

Monday 26 November 1979371,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 26, 1979, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
371,029 km230,547 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 19, 197918:04
First Quarter (this day)Monday, November 26, 197921:09
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 3, 197918:08

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Monday, November 26, 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.