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Moon phases May 2011

New moon
Tue 03 May
06:51 UTC
First quarter
Tue 10 May
20:33 UTC
Full · Flower
Tue 17 May
11:09 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 24 May
18:52 UTC

In May 2011 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Tuesday, May 3 at 06:51 UTC, the First Quarter on Tuesday, May 10 at 20:33 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, May 17 at 11:09 UTC and the Last Quarter on Tuesday, May 24 at 18:52 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 02 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 03New New Moon, 0% lit 0%06:51 04 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 05 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 06 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 07 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 08 Waxing Crescent, 25% lit 25% 09 Waxing Crescent, 35% lit 35% 10First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%20:33 11 Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 17Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:09 18 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 19 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 20 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 21 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 22 Waning Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 23 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 24Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%18:52 25 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 26 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 27 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 28 Waning Crescent, 18% lit 18% 29 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 30 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 31 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2%

Exact phase times

May 2011 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on May 3, the First Quarter on May 10, the Full Moon on May 17 and the Last Quarter on May 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonTuesday, May 3, 201106:51
First QuarterTuesday, May 10, 201120:33
Full MoonTuesday, May 17, 201111:09
Last QuarterTuesday, May 24, 201118:52

Tuesday, May 17, 2011: Flower Moon, 365,155 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 2011

Twelve full moons, five super

19 Jan Wolf Supermoon 18 Feb Snow Supermoon 19 Mar Worm Supermoon 18 Apr Pink Supermoon 17 May Flower Supermoon 15 Jun Straw­berry total eclipse 15 Jul Buck 13 Aug Sturgeon 12 Sept Harvest Micromoon 12 Oct Hunter’s Micromoon 10 Nov Beaver Micromoon 10 Dec Cold total eclipse