May 2023

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 83%
10. 2 90%
11. 3 95%
12. 4 99%
13. 5 Full
14. 6 99%
15. 7 95%
16. 8 89%
17. 9 81%
18. 10 72%
19. 11 61%
20. 12 Last qtr
21. 13 38%
22. 14 27%
23. 15 18%
24. 16 10%
25. 17 5%
26. 18 1%
27. 19 New
28. 20 1%
29. 21 4%
30. 22 9%
31. 23 16%
32. 24 23%
33. 25 32%
34. 26 41%
35. 27 First qtr
36. 28 60%
37. 29 69%
38. 30 78%
39. 31 86%

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

Events in May 2023

1. Mon, May 17:19 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Fri, May 51:22 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

3. Fri, May 51:34 PM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

4. Tue, May 93:58 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

5. Thu, May 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.

6. Fri, May 1210:28 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sat, May 1311:11 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, May 1410:56 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, May 178:47 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, May 179:20 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

11. Wed, May 177:27 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, May 187:28 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, May 1911:53 AM

    New Moon

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

14. Tue, May 238:45 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, May 243:21 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, May 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

17. Sat, May 2711:22 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Mon, May 291:36 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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