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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1936: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Full Moon at

15:01UTC

Moon phase on May 6, 1936Full Moon

Wednesday 6 May 1936402,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 1936, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
402,649 km250,195 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 402,384 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 1936 at 20:34 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 28, 193611:16
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 6, 193615:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 14, 193606:12

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 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.