May 2004

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 87%
15. 2 93%
16. 3 98%
17. 4 Full
18. 5 99%
19. 6 95%
20. 7 89%
21. 8 80%
22. 9 70%
23. 10 59%
24. 11 Last qtr
25. 12 37%
26. 13 27%
27. 14 19%
28. 15 11%
29. 16 6%
30. 17 2%
31. 18 0%
32. 19 New
33. 20 2%
34. 21 6%
35. 22 11%
36. 23 17%
37. 24 25%
38. 25 34%
39. 26 43%
40. 27 First qtr
41. 28 64%
42. 29 74%
43. 30 83%
44. 31 91%

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

Events in May 2004

1. Tue, May 410:53 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

2. Tue, May 44:30 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

3. Tue, May 44:34 PM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

4. Thu, May 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.

5. Tue, May 117:04 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, May 1210:28 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, May 144:42 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

8. Sun, May 165:11 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, May 1912:52 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, May 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

11. Fri, May 218:14 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, May 2212:14 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, May 222:30 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

14. Sat, May 222:58 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, May 251:38 AM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, May 273:57 AM

    First Quarter

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

17. Thu, May 2710:09 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

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