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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on July 22, 1936Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 July 1936398,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
398,628 km247,696 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1936 is on Monday, August 3, 1936 at 03:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 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.