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Moon phases May 2002

Last quarter
Sat 04 May
07:16 UTC
New moon
Sun 12 May
10:45 UTC
First quarter
Sun 19 May
19:42 UTC
Full · Flower
Sun 26 May
11:51 UTC

In May 2002 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Saturday, May 4 at 07:16 UTC, the New Moon on Sunday, May 12 at 10:45 UTC, the First Quarter on Sunday, May 19 at 19:42 UTC and the Full Moon on Sunday, May 26 at 11:51 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 02 Waning Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 03 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 04Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%07:16 05 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 06 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 07 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 08 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 09 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 10 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 11 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 12New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:45 13 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 14 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 15 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 16 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 17 Waxing Crescent, 25% lit 25% 18 Waxing Crescent, 35% lit 35% 19First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%19:42 20 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:51 27 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 28 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 29 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 30 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 31 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74%

Exact phase times

May 2002 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on May 4, the New Moon on May 12, the First Quarter on May 19 and the Full Moon on May 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterSaturday, May 4, 200207:16
New MoonSunday, May 12, 200210:45
First QuarterSunday, May 19, 200219:42
Full MoonSunday, May 26, 200211:51

Sunday, May 26, 2002: Flower Moon, 370,101 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2002

Twelve full moons, one blue

28 Jan Wolf Supermoon 27 Feb Snow Supermoon 28 Mar Worm Supermoon 27 Apr Pink Supermoon 26 May Flower penumbral eclipse 24 Jun Straw­berry penumbral eclipse 24 Jul Buck 22 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 21 Sept Harvest Micromoon 21 Oct Hunter’s Micromoon 20 Nov Beaver penumbral eclipse 19 Dec Cold