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Moon phases May 1959

New moon
Thu 07 May
20:12 UTC
First quarter
Fri 15 May
20:09 UTC
Full · Flower
Fri 22 May
12:56 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 29 May
08:14 UTC

In May 1959 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Thursday, May 7 at 20:12 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, May 15 at 20:09 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, May 22 at 12:56 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, May 29 at 08:14 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 02 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 03 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 04 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 05 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 06 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 07New New Moon, 0% lit 0%20:12 08 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 09 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 10 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 11 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 12 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 13 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 14 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 15First Q First Quarter, 47% lit 47%20:09 16 Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%12:56 23 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 25 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 26 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 27 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 28 Waning Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 29Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%08:14 30 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 31 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29%

Exact phase times

May 1959 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on May 7, the First Quarter on May 15, the Full Moon on May 22 and the Last Quarter on May 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonThursday, May 7, 195920:12
First QuarterFriday, May 15, 195920:09
Full MoonFriday, May 22, 195912:56
Last QuarterFriday, May 29, 195908:14

Friday, May 22, 1959: Flower Moon, 357,249 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearBlue Moon (seasonal)

Full moons · 1959

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf 23 Feb Snow 24 Mar Worm partial eclipse 23 Apr Pink Supermoon 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 20 Jul Buck 18 Aug Sturgeon 17 Sept Harvest penumbral eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s 15 Nov Beaver Micromoon 15 Dec Cold Micromoon