May 1945

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 84%
11. 2 76%
12. 3 67%
13. 4 56%
14. 5 Last qtr
15. 6 35%
16. 7 24%
17. 8 15%
18. 9 7%
19. 10 2%
20. 11 New
21. 12 1%
22. 13 5%
23. 14 11%
24. 15 19%
25. 16 28%
26. 17 38%
27. 18 First qtr
28. 19 57%
29. 20 67%
30. 21 75%
31. 22 83%
32. 23 89%
33. 24 95%
34. 25 98%
35. 26 Full
36. 27 100%
37. 28 98%
38. 29 93%
39. 30 87%
40. 31 80%

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

Events in May 1945

1. Sat, May 52:02 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Tue, May 82:48 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, May 98:55 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

4. Wed, May 98:17 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, May 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.

6. Fri, May 117:59 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

7. Fri, May 114:22 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Sun, May 132:39 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, May 1410:32 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, May 189:55 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

11. Fri, May 186:12 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Sun, May 209:44 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, May 216:23 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, May 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

15. Sat, May 269:49 PM

    Full Moon Flower 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.