May 1996

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 96%
12. 2 99%
13. 3 Full
14. 4 98%
15. 5 94%
16. 6 87%
17. 7 78%
18. 8 68%
19. 9 56%
20. 10 Last qtr
21. 11 34%
22. 12 24%
23. 13 15%
24. 14 8%
25. 15 4%
26. 16 1%
27. 17 New
28. 18 2%
29. 19 5%
30. 20 10%
31. 21 16%
32. 22 24%
33. 23 32%
34. 24 41%
35. 25 First qtr
36. 26 61%
37. 27 70%
38. 28 79%
39. 29 87%
40. 30 94%
41. 31 98%

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

Events in May 1996

1. Fri, May 37:48 AM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

2. Mon, May 65:13 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

3. Mon, May 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.

4. Wed, May 811:51 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, May 84:33 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

6. Fri, May 101:04 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Mon, May 136:04 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, May 149:03 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

9. Thu, May 1612:00 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, May 1712:53 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, May 177:46 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Wed, May 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

13. Sat, May 2510:13 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Wed, May 296:00 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

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