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The Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 2, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 April 1936401,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 2, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
401,309 km249,362 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 29, 193621:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 6, 193622:47

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Thursday, April 2, 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.