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The Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on January 5, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 January 1936377,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 5, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
377,584 km234,619 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1936 is on Wednesday, January 8, 1936 at 18:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 25, 1935 at 17:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 1, 193615:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 8, 193618:15

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Sunday, January 5, 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.