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The Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on November 27, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 November 1979369,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
369,945 km229,873 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Tuesday, November 27, 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.