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The Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1979: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on December 13, 1979Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 December 1979401,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
401,542 km249,507 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 19, 1979 at 08:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 11, 197913:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 19, 197908:24

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Thursday, December 13, 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.