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Moon phases May 1972

Last quarter
Sat 06 May
12:26 UTC
New moon
Sat 13 May
04:08 UTC
First quarter
Sat 20 May
01:17 UTC
Full · Flower
Sun 28 May
04:28 UTC

In May 1972 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Saturday, May 6 at 12:26 UTC, the New Moon on Saturday, May 13 at 04:08 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, May 20 at 01:17 UTC and the Full Moon on Sunday, May 28 at 04:28 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 02 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 03 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 04 Waning Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 05 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 06Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:26 07 Waning Crescent, 40% lit 40% 08 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 09 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 10 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 11 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 12 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 13New New Moon, 0% lit 0%04:08 14 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 15 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 16 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 17 Waxing Crescent, 24% lit 24% 18 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 19 Waxing Crescent, 44% lit 44% 20First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%01:17 21 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 26 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 28Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%04:28 29 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 30 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 31 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90%

Exact phase times

May 1972 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on May 6, the New Moon on May 13, the First Quarter on May 20 and the Full Moon on May 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterSaturday, May 6, 197212:26
New MoonSaturday, May 13, 197204:08
First QuarterSaturday, May 20, 197201:17
Full MoonSunday, May 28, 197204:28

Sunday, May 28, 1972: Flower Moon, 403,711 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 1972

Twelve full moons, one blue

30 Jan Wolf total eclipse 29 Feb Snow 29 Mar Worm Micromoon 28 Apr Pink Micromoon 28 May Flower Micromoon 26 Jun Straw­berry 26 Jul Buck partial eclipse 24 Aug Sturgeon 23 Sept Harvest Supermoon 22 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 20 Nov Beaver Blue moon 20 Dec Cold Supermoon