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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on January 12, 1936Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 January 1936401,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
401,191 km249,289 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1936 is on Wednesday, January 8, 1936 at 18:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 1936 at 07:18 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 8, 193618:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 16, 193619:41

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.