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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1936: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on January 23, 1936Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 January 1936371,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
371,202 km230,654 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1936 is on Wednesday, January 8, 1936 at 18:15 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 1936 at 07:18 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 16, 193619:41
New Moon (after)Friday, January 24, 193607:18

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.