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Moon phases May 1981

New moon
Mon 04 May
04:19 UTC
First quarter
Sun 10 May
22:22 UTC
Full · Flower
Tue 19 May
00:04 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 26 May
21:00 UTC

In May 1981 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Monday, May 4 at 04:19 UTC, the First Quarter on Sunday, May 10 at 22:22 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, May 19 at 00:04 UTC and the Last Quarter on Tuesday, May 26 at 21:00 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 02 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 03 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04New New Moon, 0% lit 0%04:19 05 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 06 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 07 Waxing Crescent, 16% lit 16% 08 Waxing Crescent, 25% lit 25% 09 Waxing Crescent, 35% lit 35% 10First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%22:22 11 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 19Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%00:04 20 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 21 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 22 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 23 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 24 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 25 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 26Last Q Last Quarter, 54% lit 54%21:00 27 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 28 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 29 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 30 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 31 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6%

Exact phase times

May 1981 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on May 4, the First Quarter on May 10, the Full Moon on May 19 and the Last Quarter on May 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonMonday, May 4, 198104:19
First QuarterSunday, May 10, 198122:22
Full MoonTuesday, May 19, 198100:04
Last QuarterTuesday, May 26, 198121:00

Tuesday, May 19, 1981: Flower Moon, 405,847 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 1981

Twelve full moons, one blue

20 Jan Wolf penumbral eclipse 18 Feb Snow Blue moon 20 Mar Worm 19 Apr Pink Micromoon 19 May Flower Micromoon 17 Jun Straw­berry 17 Jul Buck partial eclipse 15 Aug Sturgeon 14 Sept Harvest 13 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 11 Nov Beaver Supermoon 11 Dec Cold Supermoon