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The Moon on Friday, July 17, 1936: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1936Waning Crescent

Friday 17 July 1936378,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 17, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
378,939 km235,462 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1936 is on Saturday, July 4, 1936 at 17:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Friday, July 17, 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.