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The Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on August 1, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 August 1936380,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 1, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
380,579 km236,481 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1936 is on Monday, August 3, 1936 at 03:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 18, 1936 at 15:19 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 26, 193612:36
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 3, 193603:47

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Saturday, August 1, 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.