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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 1936Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 August 1936400,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
400,965 km249,148 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1936 is on Tuesday, September 1, 1936 at 12:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 17, 1936 at 03:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 17, 193603:21
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 25, 193605:49

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 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.