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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1936: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on February 16, 1936Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 February 1936392,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
392,843 km244,101 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1936 is on Friday, February 7, 1936 at 11:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 22, 1936 at 18:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 15, 193615:46
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 22, 193618:42

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 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.