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The Moon on Friday, May 1, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 May 1936404,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 1, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,078 km251,082 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 28, 193611:16
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 6, 193615:01

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Friday, May 1, 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.