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Moon phases May 1996

Full · Flower
Fri 03 May
11:48 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 10 May
05:04 UTC
New moon
Fri 17 May
11:46 UTC
First quarter
Sat 25 May
14:13 UTC

In May 1996 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Friday, May 3 at 11:48 UTC, the Last Quarter on Friday, May 10 at 05:04 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, May 17 at 11:46 UTC and the First Quarter on Saturday, May 25 at 14:13 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 03Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:48 04 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 05 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 06 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 07 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 08 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 09 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 10Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%05:04 11 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 12 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 13 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 14 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 15 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 16 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 17New New Moon, 0% lit 0%11:46 18 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 19 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 20 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 21 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 22 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 23 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 24 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 25First Q First Quarter, 49% lit 49%14:13 26 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97%

Exact phase times

May 1996 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on May 3, the Last Quarter on May 10, the New Moon on May 17 and the First Quarter on May 25.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonFriday, May 3, 199611:48
Last QuarterFriday, May 10, 199605:04
New MoonFriday, May 17, 199611:46
First QuarterSaturday, May 25, 199614:13

Friday, May 3, 1996: Flower Moon, 372,991 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1996

Thirteen full moons, one blue

05 Jan Wolf Micromoon 04 Feb Snow Micromoon 05 Mar Worm 04 Apr Pink total eclipse 03 May Flower 01 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 01 Jul Buck Supermoon 30 Jul Blue Blue moon 28 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 27 Sept Harvest total eclipse 26 Oct Hunter’s 25 Nov Beaver 24 Dec Cold