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Moon phases May 1978

New moon
Sun 07 May
04:47 UTC
First quarter
Mon 15 May
07:40 UTC
Full · Flower
Mon 22 May
13:17 UTC
Last quarter
Mon 29 May
03:30 UTC

In May 1978 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Sunday, May 7 at 04:47 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, May 15 at 07:40 UTC, the Full Moon on Monday, May 22 at 13:17 UTC and the Last Quarter on Monday, May 29 at 03:30 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 02 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 03 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 04 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 05 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 06 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 07New New Moon, 0% lit 0%04:47 08 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 09 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 10 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 11 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 12 Waxing Crescent, 24% lit 24% 13 Waxing Crescent, 33% lit 33% 14 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 15First Q First Quarter, 52% lit 52%07:40 16 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%13:17 23 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 24 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 25 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 26 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 27 Waning Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 28 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 29Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%03:30 30 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 31 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26%

Exact phase times

May 1978 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 MoonSunday, May 7, 197804:47
First QuarterMonday, May 15, 197807:40
Full MoonMonday, May 22, 197813:17
Last QuarterMonday, May 29, 197803:30

Monday, May 22, 1978: Flower Moon, 363,185 km from Earth. SupermoonBlue Moon (seasonal)

Full moons · 1978

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf Micromoon 23 Feb Snow 24 Mar Worm total eclipse 23 Apr Pink 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 20 Jul Buck Supermoon 18 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 16 Sept Harvest total eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s 14 Nov Beaver 14 Dec Cold