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Moon phases May 1986

Last quarter
Thu 01 May
03:22 UTC
New moon
Thu 08 May
22:10 UTC
First quarter
Sat 17 May
01:00 UTC
Full · Flower
Fri 23 May
20:45 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 30 May
12:55 UTC

In May 1986 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, May 1 at 03:22 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, May 8 at 22:10 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, May 17 at 01:00 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, May 23 at 20:45 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, May 30 at 12:55 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%03:22 02 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 03 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26% 04 Waning Crescent, 18% lit 18% 05 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 06 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 07 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 08New New Moon, 0% lit 0%22:10 09 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 10 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 11 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 12 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 13 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 14 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 15 Waxing Crescent, 35% lit 35% 16 Waxing Crescent, 45% lit 45% 17First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%01:00 18 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 23Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%20:45 24 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 25 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 26 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 27 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 28 Waning Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 29 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 30Last Q Last Quarter, 51% lit 51%12:55 31 Waning Crescent, 40% lit 40%

Exact phase times

May 1986 has five primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on May 1, the New Moon on May 8, the First Quarter on May 17, the Full Moon on May 23 and the Last Quarter on May 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, May 1, 198603:22
New MoonThursday, May 8, 198622:10
First QuarterSaturday, May 17, 198601:00
Full MoonFriday, May 23, 198620:45
Last QuarterFriday, May 30, 198612:55

Friday, May 23, 1986: Flower Moon, 357,156 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 1986

Twelve full moons, one blue

26 Jan Wolf 24 Feb Snow 26 Mar Worm 24 Apr Pink total eclipse 23 May Flower Supermoon 22 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 21 Jul Buck Supermoon 19 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 18 Sept Harvest 17 Oct Hunter’s total eclipse 16 Nov Beaver Micromoon 16 Dec Cold Micromoon