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Moon phases May 2022

First quarter
Mon 09 May
00:22 UTC
Full · Flower
Mon 16 May
04:14 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 22 May
18:43 UTC
New moon
Mon 30 May
11:31 UTC

In May 2022 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Monday, May 9 at 00:22 UTC, the Full Moon on Monday, May 16 at 04:14 UTC, the Last Quarter on Sunday, May 22 at 18:43 UTC and the New Moon on Monday, May 30 at 11:31 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 02 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 03 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 04 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 05 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 06 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 07 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 08 Waxing Crescent, 45% lit 45% 09First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%00:22 10 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%04:14 17 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 19 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 20 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 21 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 22Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%18:43 23 Waning Crescent, 42% lit 42% 24 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 25 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 26 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 27 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 28 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 29 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 30New New Moon, 0% lit 0%11:31 31 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1%

Exact phase times

May 2022 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on May 9, the Full Moon on May 16, the Last Quarter on May 22 and the New Moon on May 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterMonday, May 9, 202200:22
Full MoonMonday, May 16, 202204:14
Last QuarterSunday, May 22, 202218:43
New MoonMonday, May 30, 202211:31

Monday, May 16, 2022: Flower Moon, 362,118 km from Earth. SupermoonTotal lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2022

Twelve full moons, four super

17 Jan Wolf 16 Feb Snow 18 Mar Worm 16 Apr Pink 16 May Flower total eclipse 14 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 13 Jul Buck Supermoon 12 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 10 Sept Harvest 09 Oct Hunter’s 08 Nov Beaver total eclipse 08 Dec Cold