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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1936Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 April 1936393,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
393,315 km244,395 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.