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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 1936Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 March 1936404,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
404,082 km251,085 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1936 is on Sunday, March 8, 1936 at 05:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 8, 193605:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 16, 193608:35

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 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.