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The Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1936: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

First Quarter at

11:16UTC

Moon phase on April 28, 1936First Quarter

Tuesday 28 April 1936393,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 28, 1936, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
393,255 km244,358 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 21, 193612:33
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 28, 193611:16
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 6, 193615:01

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Tuesday, April 28, 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.