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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on July 23, 1936Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 July 1936401,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
401,554 km249,514 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1936 is on Monday, August 3, 1936 at 03:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.