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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on December 23, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 December 1936366,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
366,956 km228,016 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 21, 193611:30
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 28, 193604:00

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 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.