May 1990

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 First qtr
11. 2 59%
12. 3 69%
13. 4 77%
14. 5 85%
15. 6 91%
16. 7 96%
17. 8 99%
18. 9 Full
19. 10 99%
20. 11 97%
21. 12 93%
22. 13 87%
23. 14 80%
24. 15 71%
25. 16 62%
26. 17 Last qtr
27. 18 41%
28. 19 31%
29. 20 21%
30. 21 12%
31. 22 5%
32. 23 1%
33. 24 New
34. 25 2%
35. 26 7%
36. 27 14%
37. 28 23%
38. 29 33%
39. 30 43%
40. 31 First qtr

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

Events in May 1990

1. Tue, May 14:18 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, May 37:42 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Wed, May 93:31 PM

   Full Moon Flower MoonMicromoon

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

4. Wed, May 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

5. Sun, May 138:43 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, May 1310:53 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

7. Mon, May 146:55 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, May 154:16 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, May 173:45 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Wed, May 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.

11. Thu, May 247:47 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Sat, May 269:50 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, May 3010:34 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

14. Thu, May 314:11 AM

    First Quarter

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

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