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The Moon on Friday, April 17, 1936: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1936Waning Crescent

Friday 17 April 1936367,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 17, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
367,132 km228,125 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1936 is on Monday, April 6, 1936 at 22:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Friday, April 17, 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.