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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on March 6, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 March 1936401,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
401,891 km249,723 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1936 is on Sunday, March 8, 1936 at 05:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 22, 1936 at 18:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 29, 193609:28
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 8, 193605:14

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1936 to the new moon of March 23, 1936, a cycle of 29.40 days.