May 1906

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 First qtr
11. 2 60%
12. 3 70%
13. 4 79%
14. 5 88%
15. 6 95%
16. 7 99%
17. 8 Full
18. 9 98%
19. 10 93%
20. 11 86%
21. 12 77%
22. 13 67%
23. 14 56%
24. 15 Last qtr
25. 16 36%
26. 17 27%
27. 18 18%
28. 19 12%
29. 20 6%
30. 21 3%
31. 22 1%
32. 23 New
33. 24 2%
34. 25 5%
35. 26 10%
36. 27 17%
37. 28 25%
38. 29 34%
39. 30 44%
40. 31 First qtr

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in May 1906

1. Tue, May 12:07 PM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

2. Wed, May 211:45 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

3. Sun, May 69:20 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, May 89:10 AM

   Full Moon Flower MoonSupermoon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

5. Tue, May 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

6. Fri, May 116:16 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, May 116:35 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, May 1110:58 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

9. Tue, May 152:03 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

10. Wed, May 164:07 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, May 1812:20 AM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, May 218:33 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, May 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

14. Wed, May 233:01 AM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

15. Thu, May 246:27 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, May 2412:30 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, May 2412:55 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

18. Fri, May 2510:10 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, May 266:28 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, May 311:23 AM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.