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Moon phases May 2020

Full · Flower
Thu 07 May
10:45 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 14 May
14:03 UTC
New moon
Fri 22 May
17:39 UTC
First quarter
Sat 30 May
03:30 UTC

In May 2020 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Thursday, May 7 at 10:45 UTC, the Last Quarter on Thursday, May 14 at 14:03 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, May 22 at 17:39 UTC and the First Quarter on Saturday, May 30 at 03:30 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 07Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%10:45 08 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 09 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 10 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 11 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 12 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 13 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 14Last Q Last Quarter, 51% lit 51%14:03 15 Waning Crescent, 41% lit 41% 16 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 17 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 18 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 19 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 20 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 21 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 22New New Moon, 0% lit 0%17:39 23 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 24 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 25 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 26 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 27 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 28 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 29 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 30First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%03:30 31 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65%

Exact phase times

May 2020 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on May 7, the Last Quarter on May 14, the New Moon on May 22 and the First Quarter on May 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonThursday, May 7, 202010:45
Last QuarterThursday, May 14, 202014:03
New MoonFriday, May 22, 202017:39
First QuarterSaturday, May 30, 202003:30

Thursday, May 7, 2020: Flower Moon, 361,174 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 2020

Thirteen full moons, one blue

10 Jan Wolf penumbral eclipse 09 Feb Snow Supermoon 09 Mar Worm Supermoon 08 Apr Pink Supermoon 07 May Flower Supermoon 05 Jun Straw­berry penumbral eclipse 05 Jul Buck penumbral eclipse 03 Aug Sturgeon 02 Sept Corn 01 Oct Harvest Micromoon 31 Oct Blue Blue moon 30 Nov Beaver penumbral eclipse 30 Dec Cold