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Moon phases May 1961

Last quarter
Sun 07 May
15:57 UTC
New moon
Sun 14 May
16:54 UTC
First quarter
Mon 22 May
16:19 UTC
Full · Flower
Tue 30 May
04:37 UTC

In May 1961 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Sunday, May 7 at 15:57 UTC, the New Moon on Sunday, May 14 at 16:54 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, May 22 at 16:19 UTC and the Full Moon on Tuesday, May 30 at 04:37 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 02 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 03 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 04 Waning Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 05 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 06 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 07Last Q Last Quarter, 52% lit 52%15:57 08 Waning Crescent, 41% lit 41% 09 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 10 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 11 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 12 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 13 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 14New New Moon, 0% lit 0%16:54 15 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 16 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 17 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 18 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 19 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 20 Waxing Crescent, 30% lit 30% 21 Waxing Crescent, 39% lit 39% 22First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%16:19 23 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 26 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 30Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%04:37 31 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98%

Exact phase times

May 1961 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on May 7, the New Moon on May 14, the First Quarter on May 22 and the Full Moon on May 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterSunday, May 7, 196115:57
New MoonSunday, May 14, 196116:54
First QuarterMonday, May 22, 196116:19
Full MoonTuesday, May 30, 196104:37

Tuesday, May 30, 1961: Flower Moon, 370,523 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1961

Thirteen full moons, three blue

01 Jan Wolf Micromoon 31 Jan Blue Blue moon 02 Mar Worm partial eclipse 01 Apr Pink 30 Apr Blue Blue moon 30 May Flower 28 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 27 Jul Buck Supermoon 26 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 24 Sept Harvest Supermoon 23 Oct Hunter’s 22 Nov Beaver Blue moon 22 Dec Cold