May 1977

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 95%
9. 2 99%
10. 3 Full
11. 4 98%
12. 5 93%
13. 6 86%
14. 7 77%
15. 8 66%
16. 9 56%
17. 10 Last qtr
18. 11 35%
19. 12 25%
20. 13 17%
21. 14 11%
22. 15 5%
23. 16 2%
24. 17 New
25. 18 0%
26. 19 2%
27. 20 6%
28. 21 11%
29. 22 18%
30. 23 26%
31. 24 35%
32. 25 First qtr
33. 26 56%
34. 27 66%
35. 28 76%
36. 29 86%
37. 30 93%
38. 31 98%

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

Events in May 1977

1. Tue, May 33:45 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, May 39:03 AM

   Full Moon Flower MoonSupermoon

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

3. Wed, May 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.

4. Thu, May 512:39 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, May 82:46 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

6. Tue, May 1012:08 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sat, May 145:48 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, May 146:14 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.

9. Sat, May 146:31 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, May 1510:07 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, May 162:00 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, May 1710:52 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Wed, May 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

14. Thu, May 1912:55 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, May 2511:20 PM

    First Quarter

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

16. Fri, May 277:26 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

17. Mon, May 3012:48 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

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