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Lunar Calendar Month May 2020 (United States)

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, District of Columbia, United States 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 moon2020-05-0706:45
3rd quarter2020-05-1410:03
new moon2020-05-2213:39
1st quarter2020-05-2923:30

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-05-0523:05359,655 km
Apogee2020-05-1803:46405,583 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
Jupiter2020-05-12 05:40
Saturn2020-05-12 14:18
Mars2020-05-14 22:01
Venus2020-05-23 22:40
Mercury2020-05-24 06:53
Beehive2020-05-27 14:44

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
27Monday
 
28Tuesday
 
29Wednesday
 
30Thursday
 
1Friday
 
53.6% illuminated
Age:7.7
2Saturday
 
64.6% illuminated
Age:8.8
3Sunday
 
75.2% illuminated
Age:9.9
Week 19
4Monday
 
84.6% illuminated
Age:11
5Tuesday
 
92.3% illuminated
Age:12.1
6Wednesday
 
97.5% illuminated
Age:13.3
7Thursday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:14.4
8Friday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age:15.6
9Saturday
 
95.8% illuminated
Age:16.7
10Sunday
 
90.1% illuminated
Age:17.8
Week 20
11Monday
 
82.4% illuminated
Age:18.8
12Tuesday
 
73.6% illuminated
Age:19.8
13Wednesday
 
64% illuminated
Age:20.8
14Thursday
 
54.1% illuminated
Age:21.8
15Friday
 
44.4% illuminated
Age:22.7
16Saturday
 
35% illuminated
Age:23.6
17Sunday
 
26.2% illuminated
Age:24.5
Week 21
18Monday
 
18.4% illuminated
Age:25.4
19Tuesday
 
11.6% illuminated
Age:26.3
20Wednesday
 
6.2% illuminated
Age:27.2
21Thursday
 
2.4% illuminated
Age:28.1
22Friday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age:29
23Saturday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:0.4
24Sunday
 
2% illuminated
Age:1.3
Week 22
25Monday
 
6% illuminated
Age:2.3
26Tuesday
 
11.8% illuminated
Age:3.3
27Wednesday
 
19.6% illuminated
Age:4.3
28Thursday
 
28.8% illuminated
Age:5.3
29Friday
 
39.2% illuminated
Age:6.4
30Saturday
 
50.4% illuminated
Age:7.4
31Sunday
 
61.7% illuminated
Age:8.5
1Monday
 
2Tuesday
 
3Wednesday
 
4Thursday
 
5Friday
 
6Saturday
 
7Sunday
 
8Monday
 
9Tuesday
 
10Wednesday
 
11Thursday
 
12Friday
 
13Saturday
 
14Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z