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Lunar Calendar Japan 2020 › Moon Japan May 2020

Lunar Calendar Month May 2020 (Japan)

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 Tokyo, Japan during May 2020.

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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
full moon2020-05-0719:45
3rd quarter2020-05-1423:03
new moon2020-05-2302:39
1st quarter2020-05-3012:30

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during May 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-05-0612:05359,655 km
Apogee2020-05-1816:46405,583 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2020.

Name Peak Day
η-Aquariids2020-05-06
η-Lyrids2020-05-08

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
Jupiter2020-05-12 18:40
Saturn2020-05-13 03:18
Mars2020-05-15 11:01
Venus2020-05-24 11:40
Mercury2020-05-24 19:53
Beehive2020-05-28 03:44

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of May 2020.

May 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 18
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
1Friday
 
47.6% illuminated
Age: 7.2
2Saturday
 
58.6% illuminated
Age: 8.2
3Sunday
 
69.5% illuminated
Age: 9.3
Week 19
4Monday
 
79.7% illuminated
Age: 10.4
5Tuesday
 
88.4% illuminated
Age: 11.5
6Wednesday
 
95% illuminated
Age: 12.6
7Thursday
 
99% illuminated
Age: 13.8
8Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 15
9Saturday
 
98% illuminated
Age: 16.1
10Sunday
 
93.5% illuminated
Age: 17.2
Week 20
11Monday
 
86.8% illuminated
Age: 18.3
12Tuesday
 
78.5% illuminated
Age: 19.3
13Wednesday
 
69.3% illuminated
Age: 20.3
14Thursday
 
59.5% illuminated
Age: 21.2
15Friday
 
49.6% illuminated
Age: 22.2
16Saturday
 
40% illuminated
Age: 23.1
17Sunday
 
30.9% illuminated
Age: 24
Week 21
18Monday
 
22.5% illuminated
Age: 24.9
19Tuesday
 
15.1% illuminated
Age: 25.8
20Wednesday
 
9% illuminated
Age: 26.7
21Thursday
 
4.3% illuminated
Age: 27.6
22Friday
 
1.2% illuminated
Age: 28.5
23Saturday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.4
24Sunday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 0.8
Week 22
25Monday
 
3.6% illuminated
Age: 1.8
26Tuesday
 
8.4% illuminated
Age: 2.8
27Wednesday
 
15.2% illuminated
Age: 3.8
28Thursday
 
23.6% illuminated
Age: 4.8
29Friday
 
33.5% illuminated
Age: 5.8
30Saturday
 
44.3% illuminated
Age: 6.8
31Sunday
 
55.6% illuminated
Age: 7.9
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z