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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on March 28, 1936Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 March 1936377,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
377,103 km234,321 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 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.