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The Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on April 8, 1936Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 April 1936404,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 8, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
404,780 km251,519 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 6, 193622:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 14, 193621:21

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Wednesday, April 8, 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.