May 1941

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 22%
13. 2 31%
14. 3 41%
15. 4 First qtr
16. 5 62%
17. 6 73%
18. 7 82%
19. 8 90%
20. 9 96%
21. 10 99%
22. 11 Full
23. 12 97%
24. 13 91%
25. 14 83%
26. 15 74%
27. 16 64%
28. 17 Last qtr
29. 18 44%
30. 19 34%
31. 20 25%
32. 21 18%
33. 22 11%
34. 23 6%
35. 24 2%
36. 25 0%
37. 26 New
38. 27 2%
39. 28 6%
40. 29 11%
41. 30 18%
42. 31 27%

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

Events in May 1941

1. Sun, May 42:04 AM

   Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

2. Sun, May 44:27 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, May 48:49 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Tue, May 61:23 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

5. Wed, May 71:34 AM

   Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

6. Wed, May 75:23 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, May 79:06 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, May 78:34 PM

   Jupiter and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, May 810:37 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

10. Thu, May 89:15 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

11. Sat, May 10

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.

12. Sat, May 106:27 PM

    Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

13. Sat, May 107:12 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, May 109:55 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, May 1112:04 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, May 1112:27 AM

    Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

17. Sun, May 111:15 AM

    Full Moon Flower MoonSupermoon

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

18. Sun, May 113:02 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.

19. Sun, May 114:42 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

20. Sun, May 111:30 PM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

21. Sat, May 178:20 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

22. Sat, May 179:17 PM

    Last Quarter

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

23. Sun, May 186:25 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

24. Mon, May 194:01 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

25. Fri, May 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

26. Sat, May 248:10 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

27. Sun, May 259:13 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

28. Sun, May 259:27 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

29. Sun, May 2511:23 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

30. Sun, May 253:50 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

31. Mon, May 261:19 AM

    New Moon

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

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