May 1931

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 100%
14. 2 Full
15. 3 97%
16. 4 92%
17. 5 85%
18. 6 77%
19. 7 68%
20. 8 59%
21. 9 Last qtr
22. 10 39%
23. 11 30%
24. 12 22%
25. 13 15%
26. 14 9%
27. 15 4%
28. 16 1%
29. 17 New
30. 18 1%
31. 19 5%
32. 20 10%
33. 21 18%
34. 22 27%
35. 23 37%
36. 24 First qtr
37. 25 60%
38. 26 71%
39. 27 81%
40. 28 89%
41. 29 95%
42. 30 99%
43. 31 Full

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

Events in May 1931

1. Sat, May 21:14 AM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

2. Sat, May 98:48 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, May 107:26 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, May 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

5. Thu, May 149:01 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, May 149:42 AM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, May 147:21 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, May 155:18 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, May 1711:28 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, May 2110:53 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, May 237:40 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, May 243:39 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sun, May 244:15 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, May 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.

15. Wed, May 271:21 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

16. Sun, May 3110:33 AM

    Full Moon Flower MoonBlue Moon

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

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