May 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 61%
11. 2 72%
12. 3 82%
13. 4 89%
14. 5 95%
15. 6 99%
16. 7 Full
17. 8 99%
18. 9 95%
19. 10 90%
20. 11 83%
21. 12 75%
22. 13 66%
23. 14 57%
24. 15 Last qtr
25. 16 38%
26. 17 29%
27. 18 21%
28. 19 13%
29. 20 7%
30. 21 3%
31. 22 New
32. 23 0%
33. 24 3%
34. 25 8%
35. 26 16%
36. 27 25%
37. 28 36%
38. 29 First qtr
39. 30 59%
40. 31 69%

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

Events in May 2001

1. Tue, May 19:26 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

2. Tue, May 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.

3. Mon, May 72:28 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, May 79:53 AM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

5. Thu, May 103:19 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, May 1310:02 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, May 14

   Apogee

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

8. Tue, May 156:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Tue, May 156:24 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, May 167:14 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, May 198:37 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, May 2212:31 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Tue, May 2210:46 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Wed, May 232:17 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, May 243:23 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, May 244:18 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

17. Thu, May 243:36 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, May 258:41 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

19. Sun, May 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.

20. Tue, May 296:09 PM

    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.