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Lunar Calendar Month May 2024 (Lebanon)

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 Beirut, Lebanon during May 2024.

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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
3rd quarter2024-05-0114:27
new moon2024-05-0806:22
1st quarter2024-05-1514:48
full moon2024-05-2316:53
3rd quarter2024-05-3020:13

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during May 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2024-05-0601:12363,165 km
Apogee2024-05-1722:01404,639 km

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
Saturn2024-05-04 01:26
Mars2024-05-05 05:26
Mercury2024-05-06 11:25
Pollux2024-05-13 01:17
Beehive2024-05-14 01:47
Spica2024-05-20 12:20
Antares2024-05-24 05:31
Saturn2024-05-31 11:01

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of May 2024.

May 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 18
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
56.8% illuminated
Age: 21.5
2Thursday
 
45.6% illuminated
Age: 22.6
3Friday
 
34.4% illuminated
Age: 23.6
4Saturday
 
23.9% illuminated
Age: 24.7
5Sunday
 
14.5% illuminated
Age: 25.9
Week 19
6Monday
 
7.2% illuminated
Age: 27
7Tuesday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age: 28.1
8Wednesday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.2
9Thursday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 0.8
10Friday
 
4.1% illuminated
Age: 1.9
11Saturday
 
9.6% illuminated
Age: 3
12Sunday
 
16.8% illuminated
Age: 4
Week 20
13Monday
 
25.2% illuminated
Age: 4.9
14Tuesday
 
34.4% illuminated
Age: 5.9
15Wednesday
 
44% illuminated
Age: 6.8
16Thursday
 
53.6% illuminated
Age: 7.7
17Friday
 
62.9% illuminated
Age: 8.6
18Saturday
 
71.8% illuminated
Age: 9.5
19Sunday
 
79.9% illuminated
Age: 10.4
Week 21
20Monday
 
87% illuminated
Age: 11.3
21Tuesday
 
92.8% illuminated
Age: 12.2
22Wednesday
 
97% illuminated
Age: 13.1
23Thursday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age: 14.1
24Friday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 15.1
25Saturday
 
98.1% illuminated
Age: 16.1
26Sunday
 
94.2% illuminated
Age: 17.1
Week 22
27Monday
 
88.1% illuminated
Age: 18.1
28Tuesday
 
80% illuminated
Age: 19.1
29Wednesday
 
70.4% illuminated
Age: 20.2
30Thursday
 
59.7% illuminated
Age: 21.2
31Friday
 
48.3% illuminated
Age: 22.3
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