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The Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1936: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

First Quarter at

22:13UTC

Moon phase on September 23, 1936First Quarter

Wednesday 23 September 1936395,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 23, 1936, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
395,749 km245,907 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1936 is on Wednesday, September 30, 1936 at 21:01 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 15, 1936 at 17:41 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 15, 193617:41
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 23, 193622:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 30, 193621:01

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Wednesday, September 23, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 1936 to the new moon of October 15, 1936, a cycle of 29.69 days.