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The Moon on Monday, August 17, 1936: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

New Moon at

03:21UTC

Moon phase on August 17, 1936New Moon

Monday 17 August 1936394,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 17, 1936, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
394,861 km245,355 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1936 is on Monday, August 3, 1936 at 03:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 17, 1936 at 03:21 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 9, 193620:59
New Moon (this day)Monday, August 17, 193603:21
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 25, 193605:49

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Monday, August 17, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1936 to the new moon of September 15, 1936, a cycle of 29.60 days.