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The Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1936: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1936Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 June 1936367,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 17, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
367,767 km228,520 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1936 is on Friday, June 5, 1936 at 05:22 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 19, 1936 at 05:15 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 12, 193612:05
New Moon (after)Friday, June 19, 193605:15

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Wednesday, June 17, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1936 to the new moon of June 19, 1936, a cycle of 29.36 days.