May 1929

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 Last qtr
12. 2 44%
13. 3 34%
14. 4 25%
15. 5 16%
16. 6 9%
17. 7 4%
18. 8 1%
19. 9 New
20. 10 3%
21. 11 8%
22. 12 16%
23. 13 26%
24. 14 37%
25. 15 First qtr
26. 16 59%
27. 17 69%
28. 18 78%
29. 19 86%
30. 20 92%
31. 21 97%
32. 22 99%
33. 23 Full
34. 24 99%
35. 25 96%
36. 26 91%
37. 27 85%
38. 28 78%
39. 29 69%
40. 30 60%
41. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in May 1929

1. Wed, May 19:26 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Mon, May 69:25 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, May 92:07 AM

   New Moon

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

4. Thu, May 92:10 AM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

5. Thu, May 98:29 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, May 102:19 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, May 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.

8. Tue, May 1412:01 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, May 149:01 AM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

10. Wed, May 151:51 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Wed, May 154:56 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Thu, May 1612:05 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, May 234:38 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

14. Thu, May 238:37 AM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

15. Thu, May 238:50 AM

    Full Moon Flower Moon

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

16. Sat, May 253:22 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, May 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

18. Fri, May 3112:13 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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