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Lunar Calendar Afghanistan 2019 › Moon Afghanistan May 2019

Lunar Calendar Month May 2019 (Afghanistan)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Kabul, Afghanistan during May 2019.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2019-05-0503:15
1st quarter2019-05-1205:42
full moon2019-05-1901:41
3rd quarter2019-05-2621:03

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during May 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2019-05-1402:24369,015 km
Apogee2019-05-2617:58404,133 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name Peak Day
η-Aquariids2019-05-06
η-Lyrids2019-05-09

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Venus2019-05-02 16:09
Aldebaran2019-05-07 02:22
Mars2019-05-08 04:06
Beehive2019-05-11 06:05
Jupiter2019-05-20 21:24
Saturn2019-05-23 02:55

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of May 2019.

May 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 18
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
16.4% illuminated
Age: 25.6
2Thursday
 
9.9% illuminated
Age: 26.5
3Friday
 
4.8% illuminated
Age: 27.5
4Saturday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 28.4
5Sunday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.4
Week 19
6Monday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 0.8
7Tuesday
 
3.9% illuminated
Age: 1.9
8Wednesday
 
9.2% illuminated
Age: 2.9
9Thursday
 
16.6% illuminated
Age: 3.9
10Friday
 
25.7% illuminated
Age: 5
11Saturday
 
36.2% illuminated
Age: 6.1
12Sunday
 
47.4% illuminated
Age: 7.1
Week 20
13Monday
 
58.9% illuminated
Age: 8.2
14Tuesday
 
69.9% illuminated
Age: 9.3
15Wednesday
 
79.9% illuminated
Age: 10.4
16Thursday
 
88.3% illuminated
Age: 11.5
17Friday
 
94.6% illuminated
Age: 12.6
18Saturday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age: 13.6
19Sunday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.7
Week 21
20Monday
 
99% illuminated
Age: 15.7
21Tuesday
 
95.7% illuminated
Age: 16.7
22Wednesday
 
90.6% illuminated
Age: 17.7
23Thursday
 
84% illuminated
Age: 18.6
24Friday
 
76.1% illuminated
Age: 19.6
25Saturday
 
67.4% illuminated
Age: 20.5
26Sunday
 
58.3% illuminated
Age: 21.4
Week 22
27Monday
 
48.8% illuminated
Age: 22.3
28Tuesday
 
39.4% illuminated
Age: 23.2
29Wednesday
 
30.3% illuminated
Age: 24.1
30Thursday
 
21.7% illuminated
Age: 25
31Friday
 
14.1% illuminated
Age: 25.9
1 Saturday
 
2 Sunday
 
3 Monday
 
4 Tuesday
 
5 Wednesday
 
6 Thursday
 
7 Friday
 
8 Saturday
 
9 Sunday
 
10 Monday
 
11 Tuesday
 
12 Wednesday
 
13 Thursday
 
14 Friday
 
15 Saturday
 
16 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z