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The Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1936: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 16, 1936Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 May 1936366,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 16, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
366,133 km227,504 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 1936 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Saturday, May 16, 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.