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The Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on March 26, 1936Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 March 1936365,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 26, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
365,635 km227,195 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 23, 193604:14
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 29, 193621:22

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Thursday, March 26, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1936 to the new moon of April 21, 1936, a cycle of 29.35 days.