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The Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1936: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on December 6, 1936Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 December 1936399,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 6, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
399,539 km248,262 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1936 is on Saturday, November 28, 1936 at 16:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 5, 193618:20
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 13, 193623:25

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Sunday, December 6, 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.