May 2025

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 21%
13. 2 30%
14. 3 41%
15. 4 First qtr
16. 5 61%
17. 6 70%
18. 7 79%
19. 8 86%
20. 9 92%
21. 10 96%
22. 11 99%
23. 12 Full
24. 13 99%
25. 14 96%
26. 15 92%
27. 16 86%
28. 17 78%
29. 18 69%
30. 19 59%
31. 20 Last qtr
32. 21 37%
33. 22 27%
34. 23 17%
35. 24 9%
36. 25 3%
37. 26 New
38. 27 1%
39. 28 4%
40. 29 9%
41. 30 17%
42. 31 26%

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

Events in May 2025

1. Fri, May 21:13 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, May 38:12 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, May 49:52 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Sat, May 10

   Apogee

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

5. Mon, May 1212:56 PM

   Full Moon Flower MoonMicromoon

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

6. Sat, May 177:34 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

7. Tue, May 207:59 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Thu, May 2212:06 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, May 2212:11 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.

10. Thu, May 223:15 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, May 235:13 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, May 247:14 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, May 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.

14. Mon, May 269:52 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, May 2612:20 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

16. Mon, May 264:05 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, May 2611:02 PM

    New Moon

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

18. Thu, May 2911:58 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

19. Sat, May 3111:28 PM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° 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.