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The Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on April 22, 1936Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 April 1936360,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 22, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
360,396 km223,940 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 21, 193612:33
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 28, 193611:16

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Wednesday, April 22, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1936 to the new moon of May 20, 1936, a cycle of 29.33 days.