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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on December 18, 1936Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 December 1936384,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
384,512 km238,925 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1936 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 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.