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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 26, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 1936363,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
363,822 km226,068 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1936 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 13, 1936 at 23:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.