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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 1936Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 May 1936397,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
397,576 km247,042 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 1936 at 20:34 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 6, 193615:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 14, 193606:12

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.