May 2015

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 94%
14. 2 98%
15. 3 Full
16. 4 100%
17. 5 98%
18. 6 93%
19. 7 87%
20. 8 79%
21. 9 70%
22. 10 59%
23. 11 Last qtr
24. 12 36%
25. 13 25%
26. 14 16%
27. 15 8%
28. 16 3%
29. 17 0%
30. 18 New
31. 19 3%
32. 20 8%
33. 21 14%
34. 22 22%
35. 23 31%
36. 24 40%
37. 25 First qtr
38. 26 59%
39. 27 68%
40. 28 77%
41. 29 84%
42. 30 91%
43. 31 96%

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

Events in May 2015

1. Sun, May 311:42 PM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

2. Tue, May 512:37 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, May 712:44 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

4. Mon, May 116:36 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Tue, May 123:03 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, May 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.

7. Fri, May 158:04 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, May 1812:13 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Mon, May 181:26 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, May 229:21 PM

    Saturn at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

11. Sun, May 2412:05 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, May 251:19 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Tue, May 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

14. Wed, May 276:36 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, May 3012:49 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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