May 2156

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 85%
15. 2 91%
16. 3 96%
17. 4 99%
18. 5 Full
19. 6 98%
20. 7 95%
21. 8 89%
22. 9 81%
23. 10 71%
24. 11 60%
25. 12 Last qtr
26. 13 37%
27. 14 27%
28. 15 17%
29. 16 10%
30. 17 4%
31. 18 1%
32. 19 New
33. 20 2%
34. 21 5%
35. 22 11%
36. 23 18%
37. 24 26%
38. 25 34%
39. 26 44%
40. 27 First qtr
41. 28 63%
42. 29 72%
43. 30 80%
44. 31 87%

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

Events in May 2156

1. Sun, May 28:09 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

2. Wed, May 59:15 AM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

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

3. Sat, May 88:37 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, May 1012:46 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, May 128:56 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, May 1210:49 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, May 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.

8. Mon, May 171:26 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, May 175:58 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, May 197:22 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Wed, May 197:33 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, May 195:32 PM

    Mars behind the Sun

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

13. Sat, May 221:07 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, May 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

15. Thu, May 274:19 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Thu, May 277:23 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, May 292:06 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

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