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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 1936Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 May 1936382,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
382,830 km237,879 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 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.