May 1948

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 Last qtr
15. 2 36%
16. 3 28%
17. 4 19%
18. 5 12%
19. 6 6%
20. 7 2%
21. 8 New
22. 9 0%
23. 10 3%
24. 11 8%
25. 12 15%
26. 13 24%
27. 14 35%
28. 15 First qtr
29. 16 57%
30. 17 68%
31. 18 78%
32. 19 87%
33. 20 94%
34. 21 98%
35. 22 Full
36. 23 100%
37. 24 97%
38. 25 93%
39. 26 87%
40. 27 79%
41. 28 71%
42. 29 62%
43. 30 Last qtr
44. 31 43%

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

Events in May 1948

1. Sat, May 112:48 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, May 1

   Apogee

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

3. Sat, May 810:25 PM

   Annular solar eclipse

   The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

4. Sat, May 810:30 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Sun, May 910:36 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, May 111:40 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, May 125:33 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, May 156:24 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, May 15

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

10. Sat, May 158:55 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sun, May 163:30 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, May 192:05 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, May 203:24 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

14. Sat, May 228:37 PM

    Full Moon Flower Moon

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

15. Sun, May 237:10 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, May 246:44 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, May 288:44 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

18. Sat, May 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

19. Sun, May 306:43 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.