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The Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1936: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

First Quarter at

15:15UTC

Moon phase on January 1, 1936First Quarter

Wednesday 1 January 1936370,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 1, 1936, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
370,397 km230,154 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1936 is on Wednesday, January 8, 1936 at 18:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 25, 1935 at 17:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 25, 193517:50
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 1, 193615:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 8, 193618:15

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Wednesday, January 1, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 1935 to the new moon of January 24, 1936, a cycle of 29.56 days.