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The Moon on Friday, October 23, 1936: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

First Quarter at

12:54UTC

Moon phase on October 23, 1936First Quarter

Friday 23 October 1936386,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 23, 1936, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
386,144 km239,939 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1936 is on Friday, October 30, 1936 at 05:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 15, 1936 at 10:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 15, 193610:21
First Quarter (this day)Friday, October 23, 193612:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 30, 193605:58

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Friday, October 23, 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.