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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 1936Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 December 1936388,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
388,053 km241,125 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1936 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 13, 193623:25
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 21, 193611:30

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1936 to the new moon of January 12, 1937, a cycle of 29.72 days.