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The Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1936: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1936Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 December 1936402,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 12, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
402,703 km250,228 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1936 is on Saturday, November 28, 1936 at 16:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Saturday, December 12, 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.