May 1928

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 91%
11. 2 96%
12. 3 99%
13. 4 Full
14. 5 99%
15. 6 97%
16. 7 93%
17. 8 87%
18. 9 80%
19. 10 72%
20. 11 62%
21. 12 Last qtr
22. 13 42%
23. 14 31%
24. 15 21%
25. 16 12%
26. 17 5%
27. 18 1%
28. 19 New
29. 20 2%
30. 21 7%
31. 22 14%
32. 23 23%
33. 24 32%
34. 25 43%
35. 26 First qtr
36. 27 63%
37. 28 72%
38. 29 80%
39. 30 87%
40. 31 93%

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

Events in May 1928

1. Thu, May 37:53 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

2. Fri, May 44:12 PM

   Full Moon Flower MoonMicromoon

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

3. Sat, May 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

4. Mon, May 712:49 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, May 124:50 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Tue, May 159:49 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, May 158:24 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, May 159:40 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, May 176:17 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, May 181:11 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, May 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

12. Sat, May 199:14 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Sat, May 199:23 AM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

14. Sun, May 204:26 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, May 257:38 AM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, May 251:36 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, May 265:12 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.