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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1936: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 1936Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 April 1936377,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
377,987 km234,870 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 14, 193621:21
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 21, 193612:33

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 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.