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The Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1936: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

New Moon at

10:21UTC

Moon phase on October 15, 1936New Moon

Thursday 15 October 1936406,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 15, 1936, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
406,372 km252,508 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 7, 193612:28
New Moon (this day)Thursday, October 15, 193610:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 23, 193612:54

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Thursday, October 15, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1936 to the new moon of November 14, 1936, a cycle of 29.76 days.