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Lunar Calendar Month May 2022 (Northern Hemisphere)

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 Washington, Northern Hemisphere during May 2022.

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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
1st quarter2022-05-0820:21
full moon2022-05-1600:14
3rd quarter2022-05-2214:43
new moon2022-05-3007:30

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during May 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-05-0508:47405,286 km
Perigee2022-05-1711:24360,297 km

Eclipses in May 2022

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during May 2022. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Northern Hemisphere.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2022-05-16131Central total eclipse (Moon's center passes south of shadow axis)

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
Mercury2022-05-02 10:17
Pollux2022-05-06 18:56
Beehive2022-05-07 20:23
Saturn2022-05-22 00:43
Mars2022-05-24 15:24
Jupiter2022-05-24 19:59
Venus2022-05-26 22:52

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of May 2022.

May 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 17
25Monday
 
26Tuesday
 
27Wednesday
 
28Thursday
 
29Friday
 
30Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.3
Week 18
2Monday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age:1.2
3Tuesday
 
5.1% illuminated
Age:2.1
4Wednesday
 
10.1% illuminated
Age:3
5Thursday
 
16.5% illuminated
Age:3.9
6Friday
 
24.1% illuminated
Age:4.8
7Saturday
 
32.7% illuminated
Age:5.7
8Sunday
 
41.9% illuminated
Age:6.6
Week 19
9Monday
 
51.5% illuminated
Age:7.5
10Tuesday
 
61.4% illuminated
Age:8.5
11Wednesday
 
71% illuminated
Age:9.4
12Thursday
 
80.1% illuminated
Age:10.4
13Friday
 
88% illuminated
Age:11.4
14Saturday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age:12.5
15Sunday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age:13.6
Week 20
16Monday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.8
17Tuesday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age:15.9
18Wednesday
 
94.2% illuminated
Age:17.1
19Thursday
 
87.2% illuminated
Age:18.2
20Friday
 
78.2% illuminated
Age:19.3
21Saturday
 
67.9% illuminated
Age:20.4
22Sunday
 
56.9% illuminated
Age:21.5
Week 21
23Monday
 
45.8% illuminated
Age:22.5
24Tuesday
 
35.2% illuminated
Age:23.6
25Wednesday
 
25.6% illuminated
Age:24.5
26Thursday
 
17.1% illuminated
Age:25.5
27Friday
 
10.2% illuminated
Age:26.5
28Saturday
 
5% illuminated
Age:27.4
29Sunday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:28.3
Week 22
30Monday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:29.3
31Tuesday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:0.6
1Wednesday
 
2Thursday
 
3Friday
 
4Saturday
 
5Sunday
 
6Monday
 
7Tuesday
 
8Wednesday
 
9Thursday
 
10Friday
 
11Saturday
 
12Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z