May 1988

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 Full
9. 2 99%
10. 3 97%
11. 4 92%
12. 5 85%
13. 6 76%
14. 7 66%
15. 8 Last qtr
16. 9 43%
17. 10 32%
18. 11 22%
19. 12 13%
20. 13 6%
21. 14 2%
22. 15 New
23. 16 1%
24. 17 4%
25. 18 9%
26. 19 15%
27. 20 23%
28. 21 31%
29. 22 40%
30. 23 First qtr
31. 24 59%
32. 25 68%
33. 26 77%
34. 27 85%
35. 28 91%
36. 29 96%
37. 30 99%
38. 31 Full

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

Events in May 1988

1. Sun, May 17:41 PM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

2. Mon, May 25:05 PM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

3. Thu, May 511:01 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, May 51:40 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

5. Thu, May 56:06 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, May 89:23 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Mon, May 912:05 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

8. Mon, May 92:18 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, May 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.

10. Sun, May 156:11 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 1712:45 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, May 189:21 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, May 1810:07 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

14. Mon, May 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

15. Mon, May 2312:49 PM

    First Quarter

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

16. Tue, May 316:54 AM

    Full Moon Flower MoonBlue 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.