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Moon phases May 1971

First quarter
Sun 02 May
07:34 UTC
Full · Flower
Mon 10 May
11:24 UTC
Last quarter
Mon 17 May
20:15 UTC
New moon
Mon 24 May
12:32 UTC

In May 1971 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Sunday, May 2 at 07:34 UTC, the Full Moon on Monday, May 10 at 11:24 UTC, the Last Quarter on Monday, May 17 at 20:15 UTC and the New Moon on Monday, May 24 at 12:32 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 02First Q First Quarter, 52% lit 52%07:34 03 Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 10Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:24 11 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 12 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 13 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 14 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 15 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 16 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 17Last Q Last Quarter, 54% lit 54%20:15 18 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 19 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 20 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 21 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 22 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 23 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 24New New Moon, 0% lit 0%12:32 25 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 26 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 27 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 28 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 29 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 30 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 31 Waxing Crescent, 45% lit 45%

Exact phase times

May 1971 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on May 2, the Full Moon on May 10, the Last Quarter on May 17 and the New Moon on May 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterSunday, May 2, 197107:34
Full MoonMonday, May 10, 197111:24
Last QuarterMonday, May 17, 197120:15
New MoonMonday, May 24, 197112:32

Monday, May 10, 1971: Flower Moon, 396,757 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1971

Thirteen full moons, one blue

11 Jan Wolf 10 Feb Snow total eclipse 12 Mar Worm Micromoon 10 Apr Pink Micromoon 10 May Flower 09 Jun Straw­berry 08 Jul Buck 06 Aug Sturgeon total eclipse 05 Sept Corn Supermoon 04 Oct Harvest Supermoon 02 Nov Beaver Supermoon 02 Dec Cold Supermoon 31 Dec Blue Blue moon