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The Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1936: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on July 16, 1936Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 July 1936375,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 16, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
375,819 km233,523 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1936 is on Saturday, July 4, 1936 at 17:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 11, 193616:28
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 18, 193615:19

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Thursday, July 16, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 1936 to the new moon of July 18, 1936, a cycle of 29.42 days.