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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 1979: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on December 14, 1979Waning Crescent

Friday 14 December 1979398,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
398,443 km247,581 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 19, 1979 at 08:24 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.