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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 26, 1936Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 April 1936381,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
381,669 km237,158 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 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.