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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on October 22, 1936Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 October 1936391,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
391,567 km243,308 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1936 is on Friday, October 30, 1936 at 05:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 15, 1936 at 10:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 15, 193610:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 23, 193612:54

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 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.