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The Moon on Friday, November 30, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on November 30, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 November 1979370,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 30, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
370,110 km229,975 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 30, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 30

More about this date

Friday, November 30, 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.