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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1936: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1936Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 March 1936382,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
382,463 km237,652 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1936 is on Sunday, March 8, 1936 at 05:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 16, 193608:35
New Moon (after)Monday, March 23, 193604:14

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 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.