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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 August 1936378,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
378,279 km235,052 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1936 is on Tuesday, September 1, 1936 at 12:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 17, 1936 at 03:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 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.