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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1936: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Last Quarter at

08:35UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 1936Last Quarter

Monday 16 March 1936388,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1936, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
388,398 km241,339 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1936 is on Sunday, March 8, 1936 at 05:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 8, 193605:14
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, March 16, 193608:35
New Moon (after)Monday, March 23, 193604:14

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 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.