May 2017

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 34%
10. 2 First qtr
11. 3 56%
12. 4 66%
13. 5 76%
14. 6 84%
15. 7 90%
16. 8 95%
17. 9 98%
18. 10 Full
19. 11 99%
20. 12 97%
21. 13 93%
22. 14 88%
23. 15 81%
24. 16 73%
25. 17 64%
26. 18 Last qtr
27. 19 43%
28. 20 33%
29. 21 23%
30. 22 14%
31. 23 7%
32. 24 2%
33. 25 New
34. 26 1%
35. 27 5%
36. 28 12%
37. 29 21%
38. 30 30%
39. 31 41%

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

Events in May 2017

1. Tue, May 210:47 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, May 77:00 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, May 101:23 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, May 105:43 PM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

5. Fri, May 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

6. Sat, May 136:55 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, May 177:29 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Thu, May 188:33 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, May 201:51 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, May 2210:09 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, May 232:59 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, May 2310:13 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, May 253:45 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Thu, May 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

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