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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 23, 1936Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 April 1936364,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
364,263 km226,343 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 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.