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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1936Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 April 1936387,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
387,749 km240,936 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 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.