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Moon phases May 2012

Full · Flower
Sun 06 May
03:35 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 12 May
21:47 UTC
New moon
Sun 20 May
23:47 UTC
First quarter
Mon 28 May
20:16 UTC

In May 2012 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Sunday, May 6 at 03:35 UTC, the Last Quarter on Saturday, May 12 at 21:47 UTC, the New Moon on Sunday, May 20 at 23:47 UTC and the First Quarter on Monday, May 28 at 20:16 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 06Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%03:35 07 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 08 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 09 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 10 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 11 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 12Last Q Last Quarter, 54% lit 54%21:47 13 Waning Crescent, 44% lit 44% 14 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 15 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 16 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 17 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 18 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 19 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 20New New Moon, 0% lit 0%23:47 21 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 22 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 23 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 24 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 25 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 26 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 27 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 28First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%20:16 29 Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78%

Exact phase times

May 2012 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on May 6, the Last Quarter on May 12, the New Moon on May 20 and the First Quarter on May 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonSunday, May 6, 201203:35
Last QuarterSaturday, May 12, 201221:47
New MoonSunday, May 20, 201223:47
First QuarterMonday, May 28, 201220:16

Sunday, May 6, 2012: Flower Moon, 356,945 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 2012

Thirteen full moons, one blue

09 Jan Wolf 07 Feb Snow 08 Mar Worm Supermoon 06 Apr Pink Supermoon 06 May Flower Supermoon 04 Jun Straw­berry partial eclipse 03 Jul Buck Supermoon 02 Aug Sturgeon 31 Aug Blue Blue moon 30 Sept Harvest 29 Oct Hunter’s Micromoon 28 Nov Beaver penumbral eclipse 28 Dec Cold Micromoon