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The Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1936: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Last Quarter at

18:20UTC

Moon phase on December 5, 1936Last Quarter

Saturday 5 December 1936395,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 5, 1936, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
395,188 km245,558 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1936 is on Saturday, November 28, 1936 at 16:12 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 28, 193616:12
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 5, 193618:20
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 13, 193623:25

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Saturday, December 5, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 1936 to the new moon of December 13, 1936, a cycle of 29.78 days.