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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 1936: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 1936Waning Crescent

Friday 15 May 1936369,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,833 km229,803 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 1936 at 20:34 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 193606:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 20, 193620:34

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 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.