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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1936: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 20, 1936Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 February 1936369,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
369,192 km229,405 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1936 is on Friday, February 7, 1936 at 11:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 22, 1936 at 18:42 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.