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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 26, 1936Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 January 1936364,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
364,065 km226,220 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1936 is on Friday, February 7, 1936 at 11:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 1936 at 07:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 24, 193607:18
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 30, 193623:36

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1936 to the new moon of February 22, 1936, a cycle of 29.48 days.