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Moon phases May 1968

First quarter
Sun 05 May
17:54 UTC
Full · Flower
Sun 12 May
13:05 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 19 May
05:44 UTC
New moon
Mon 27 May
07:30 UTC

In May 1968 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Sunday, May 5 at 17:54 UTC, the Full Moon on Sunday, May 12 at 13:05 UTC, the Last Quarter on Sunday, May 19 at 05:44 UTC and the New Moon on Monday, May 27 at 07:30 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 02 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 03 Waxing Crescent, 28% lit 28% 04 Waxing Crescent, 38% lit 38% 05First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%17:54 06 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 12Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%13:05 13 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 14 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 15 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 16 Waning Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 17 Waning Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 18 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 19Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%05:44 20 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 21 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 22 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 23 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 24 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 25 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 26 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 27New New Moon, 0% lit 0%07:30 28 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 29 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 30 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 31 Waxing Crescent, 16% lit 16%

Exact phase times

May 1968 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on May 5, the Full Moon on May 12, the Last Quarter on May 19 and the New Moon on May 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterSunday, May 5, 196817:54
Full MoonSunday, May 12, 196813:05
Last QuarterSunday, May 19, 196805:44
New MoonMonday, May 27, 196807:30

Sunday, May 12, 1968: Flower Moon, 356,997 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 1968

Twelve full moons, five super

15 Jan Wolf 14 Feb Snow 14 Mar Worm Supermoon 13 Apr Pink total eclipse 12 May Flower Supermoon 10 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 10 Jul Buck Supermoon 08 Aug Sturgeon 06 Sept Corn 06 Oct Harvest total eclipse 05 Nov Beaver Micromoon 04 Dec Cold Micromoon