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Moon phases May 1997

New moon
Tue 06 May
20:47 UTC
First quarter
Wed 14 May
10:55 UTC
Full · Flower
Thu 22 May
09:13 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 29 May
07:51 UTC

In May 1997 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Tuesday, May 6 at 20:47 UTC, the First Quarter on Wednesday, May 14 at 10:55 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, May 22 at 09:13 UTC and the Last Quarter on Thursday, May 29 at 07:51 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 02 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 03 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 04 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 05 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 06New New Moon, 0% lit 0%20:47 07 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 08 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 09 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 10 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 11 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 12 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 13 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 14First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%10:55 15 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 22Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%09:13 23 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 25 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 26 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 27 Waning Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 28 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 29Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%07:51 30 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 31 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26%

Exact phase times

May 1997 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on May 6, the First Quarter on May 14, the Full Moon on May 22 and the Last Quarter on May 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonTuesday, May 6, 199720:47
First QuarterWednesday, May 14, 199710:55
Full MoonThursday, May 22, 199709:13
Last QuarterThursday, May 29, 199707:51

Thursday, May 22, 1997: Flower Moon, 383,415 km from Earth. Blue Moon (seasonal)

Full moons · 1997

Twelve full moons, one blue

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