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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1936: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1936Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 March 1936376,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
376,225 km233,775 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1936 is on Sunday, March 8, 1936 at 05:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 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.