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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 August 1936384,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
384,142 km238,695 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1936 is on Tuesday, September 1, 1936 at 12:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 17, 1936 at 03:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 25, 193605:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 1, 193612:37

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.