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The Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 5, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 April 1936406,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 5, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
406,284 km252,453 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 23, 1936 at 04:14 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Sunday, April 5, 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.