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The Moon on Monday, October 12, 1936: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on October 12, 1936Waning Crescent

Monday 12 October 1936401,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 12, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
401,780 km249,654 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1936 is on Wednesday, September 30, 1936 at 21:01 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 15, 1936 at 10:21 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 7, 193612:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 15, 193610:21

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Monday, October 12, 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.