May 1940

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 28%
12. 2 20%
13. 3 13%
14. 4 7%
15. 5 3%
16. 6 1%
17. 7 New
18. 8 1%
19. 9 5%
20. 10 10%
21. 11 18%
22. 12 27%
23. 13 37%
24. 14 First qtr
25. 15 59%
26. 16 70%
27. 17 80%
28. 18 89%
29. 19 95%
30. 20 99%
31. 21 Full
32. 22 98%
33. 23 94%
34. 24 88%
35. 25 81%
36. 26 72%
37. 27 63%
38. 28 Last qtr
39. 29 44%
40. 30 35%
41. 31 26%

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

Events in May 1940

1. Thu, May 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

2. Sun, May 57:54 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, May 56:25 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, May 58:01 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, May 58:21 PM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, May 610:47 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

7. Mon, May 610:50 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, May 78:07 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Tue, May 75:40 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, May 101:57 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, May 102:50 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, May 125:56 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

13. Tue, May 144:51 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Thu, May 165:42 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, May 178:48 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, May 18

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.

17. Tue, May 219:33 AM

    Full Moon Flower Moon

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

18. Tue, May 214:28 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

19. Wed, May 2210:11 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

20. Tue, May 288:40 PM

    Last Quarter

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

21. Thu, May 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

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