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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1936: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on August 6, 1936Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 August 1936366,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
366,653 km227,828 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1936 is on Monday, August 3, 1936 at 03:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 17, 1936 at 03:21 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 3, 193603:47
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 9, 193620:59

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 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.