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Moon phases May 2008

New moon
Mon 05 May
12:18 UTC
First quarter
Mon 12 May
03:47 UTC
Full · Flower
Tue 20 May
02:12 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 28 May
02:57 UTC

In May 2008 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Monday, May 5 at 12:18 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, May 12 at 03:47 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, May 20 at 02:12 UTC and the Last Quarter on Wednesday, May 28 at 02:57 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 02 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 03 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 04 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 05New New Moon, 0% lit 0%12:18 06 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 07 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 08 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 09 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 10 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 11 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 12First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%03:47 13 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%02:12 21 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 23 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 24 Waning Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 25 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 26 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 27 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 28Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%02:57 29 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 30 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 31 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16%

Exact phase times

May 2008 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on May 5, the First Quarter on May 12, the Full Moon on May 20 and the Last Quarter on May 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonMonday, May 5, 200812:18
First QuarterMonday, May 12, 200803:47
Full MoonTuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last QuarterWednesday, May 28, 200802:57

Tuesday, May 20, 2008: Flower Moon, 406,303 km from Earth. MicromoonBlue Moon (seasonal)

Full moons · 2008

Twelve full moons, one blue

22 Jan Wolf 21 Feb Snow total eclipse 21 Mar Worm 20 Apr Pink Micromoon 20 May Flower Blue moon 18 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 18 Jul Buck 16 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 15 Sept Harvest 14 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 13 Nov Beaver Supermoon 12 Dec Cold Supermoon