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Moon phases May 1956

Last quarter
Thu 03 May
02:56 UTC
New moon
Thu 10 May
13:04 UTC
First quarter
Thu 17 May
05:15 UTC
Full · Flower
Thu 24 May
15:26 UTC

In May 1956 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, May 3 at 02:56 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, May 10 at 13:04 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, May 17 at 05:15 UTC and the Full Moon on Thursday, May 24 at 15:26 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 02 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 03Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%02:56 04 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 05 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 06 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 07 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 08 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 09 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 10New New Moon, 0% lit 0%13:04 11 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 12 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 13 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 14 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 15 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 16 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 17First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:15 18 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%15:26 25 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 27 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 28 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 29 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 30 Waning Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 31 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63%

Exact phase times

May 1956 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on May 3, the New Moon on May 10, the First Quarter on May 17 and the Full Moon on May 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, May 3, 195602:56
New MoonThursday, May 10, 195613:04
First QuarterThursday, May 17, 195605:15
Full MoonThursday, May 24, 195615:26

Thursday, May 24, 1956: Flower Moon, 398,298 km from Earth. Partial lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1956

Twelve full moons, one blue

27 Jan Wolf Supermoon 26 Feb Snow Supermoon 26 Mar Worm 25 Apr Pink 24 May Flower partial eclipse 23 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 22 Jul Buck Micromoon 21 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 20 Sept Harvest 19 Oct Hunter’s 18 Nov Beaver total eclipse 17 Dec Cold Supermoon