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Moon phases May 2017

First quarter
Wed 03 May
02:47 UTC
Full · Flower
Wed 10 May
21:43 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 19 May
00:33 UTC
New moon
Thu 25 May
19:45 UTC

In May 2017 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Wednesday, May 3 at 02:47 UTC, the Full Moon on Wednesday, May 10 at 21:43 UTC, the Last Quarter on Friday, May 19 at 00:33 UTC and the New Moon on Thursday, May 25 at 19:45 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 02 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 03First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%02:47 04 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 10Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%21:43 11 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 12 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 13 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 14 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 15 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 16 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 17 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 18 Waning Gibbous, 55% lit 55% 19Last Q Last Quarter, 45% lit 45%00:33 20 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 21 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 22 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 23 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 24 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 25New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:45 26 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 27 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 28 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 29 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 30 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 31 Waxing Crescent, 39% lit 39%

Exact phase times

May 2017 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on May 3, the Full Moon on May 10, the Last Quarter on May 19 and the New Moon on May 25.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterWednesday, May 3, 201702:47
Full MoonWednesday, May 10, 201721:43
Last QuarterFriday, May 19, 201700:33
New MoonThursday, May 25, 201719:45

Wednesday, May 10, 2017: Flower Moon, 404,907 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 2017

Twelve full moons, three super

12 Jan Wolf Supermoon 11 Feb Snow penumbral eclipse 12 Mar Worm 11 Apr Pink 10 May Flower Micromoon 09 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 09 Jul Buck Micromoon 07 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 06 Sept Corn 05 Oct Harvest 04 Nov Beaver Supermoon 03 Dec Cold Supermoon