May 2172

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 First qtr
14. 2 63%
15. 3 73%
16. 4 82%
17. 5 90%
18. 6 96%
19. 7 99%
20. 8 Full
21. 9 97%
22. 10 92%
23. 11 85%
24. 12 75%
25. 13 65%
26. 14 Last qtr
27. 15 43%
28. 16 33%
29. 17 23%
30. 18 15%
31. 19 9%
32. 20 4%
33. 21 1%
34. 22 New
35. 23 1%
36. 24 3%
37. 25 7%
38. 26 13%
39. 27 20%
40. 28 28%
41. 29 38%
42. 30 First qtr
43. 31 58%

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

Events in May 2172

1. Fri, May 14:06 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, May 36:28 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

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

3. Wed, May 62:35 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, May 79:17 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, May 84:46 AM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

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

6. Fri, May 85:01 AM

   Full Moon Flower MoonSupermoon

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

7. Sat, May 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

8. Thu, May 147:17 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, May 147:30 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Fri, May 158:41 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, May 179:52 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, May 1912:20 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, May 223:39 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Fri, May 2210:10 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

15. Sun, May 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

16. Sun, May 245:58 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

17. Sun, May 244:32 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, May 305:44 PM

    First Quarter

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

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