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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on July 21, 1936Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 July 1936394,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
394,976 km245,427 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1936 is on Monday, August 3, 1936 at 03:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 18, 193615:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 26, 193612:36

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1936 to the new moon of August 17, 1936, a cycle of 29.50 days.