May 1969

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 100%
13. 2 Full
14. 3 97%
15. 4 91%
16. 5 84%
17. 6 74%
18. 7 63%
19. 8 Last qtr
20. 9 41%
21. 10 31%
22. 11 21%
23. 12 13%
24. 13 7%
25. 14 3%
26. 15 1%
27. 16 New
28. 17 2%
29. 18 5%
30. 19 10%
31. 20 16%
32. 21 24%
33. 22 33%
34. 23 42%
35. 24 First qtr
36. 25 62%
37. 26 71%
38. 27 81%
39. 28 89%
40. 29 95%
41. 30 99%
42. 31 Full

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

Events in May 1969

1. Fri, May 21:13 AM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

2. Sun, May 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.

3. Sun, May 49:57 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, May 56:53 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

5. Thu, May 84:12 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sun, May 111:20 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

7. Mon, May 128:27 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, May 164:26 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sat, May 171:29 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, May 187:13 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

11. Tue, May 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

12. Sat, May 248:15 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Mon, May 263:57 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, May 2610:28 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

15. Mon, May 2610:58 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, May 295:43 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

17. Sat, May 319:18 AM

    Full Moon Flower MoonBlue MoonSupermoon

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

18. Sat, May 319:30 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, May 3111:46 AM

    Mars at opposition

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

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