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The Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 1936Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 December 1936377,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 20, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
377,103 km234,321 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1936 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Sunday, December 20, 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.