May 1964

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 80%
14. 2 71%
15. 3 62%
16. 4 Last qtr
17. 5 43%
18. 6 33%
19. 7 23%
20. 8 14%
21. 9 7%
22. 10 2%
23. 11 New
24. 12 1%
25. 13 5%
26. 14 11%
27. 15 20%
28. 16 30%
29. 17 41%
30. 18 First qtr
31. 19 62%
32. 20 72%
33. 21 80%
34. 22 88%
35. 23 93%
36. 24 97%
37. 25 99%
38. 26 Full
39. 27 99%
40. 28 95%
41. 29 91%
42. 30 84%
43. 31 77%

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

Events in May 1964

1. Fri, May 16:07 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, May 46:20 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Wed, May 66:41 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, May 67:56 PM

   Neptune at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

5. Sat, May 912:25 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, May 109:36 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, May 1010:48 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, May 1011:20 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, May 106:11 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, May 115:02 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Tue, May 12

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.

12. Thu, May 1411:48 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, May 1612:29 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

14. Mon, May 188:42 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Mon, May 1811:47 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, May 196:48 AM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, May 242:48 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, May 244:21 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

19. Tue, May 265:29 AM

    Full Moon Flower MoonMicromoon

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

20. Tue, May 2610:27 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

21. Wed, May 27

    Apogee

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

22. Wed, May 276:11 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

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