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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on December 24, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 December 1936364,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
364,751 km226,646 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1936 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 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.