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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1936: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1936Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 April 1936372,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
372,391 km231,393 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 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.