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The Moon on Monday, December 21, 1936: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

First Quarter at

11:30UTC

Moon phase on December 21, 1936First Quarter

Monday 21 December 1936373,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 21, 1936, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
373,407 km232,024 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1936 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 13, 193623:25
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 21, 193611:30
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 28, 193604:00

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Monday, December 21, 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.