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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 1948 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for May 1948, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Last Quarter51%
May 2Waning Crescent41%
May 3Waning Crescent32%
May 4Waning Crescent24%
May 5Waning Crescent16%
May 6Waning Crescent9%
May 7Waning Crescent4%
May 8Waning Crescent1%
May 9New Moon0%
May 10Waxing Crescent1%
May 11Waxing Crescent5%
May 12Waxing Crescent11%
May 13Waxing Crescent19%
May 14Waxing Crescent29%
May 15Waxing Crescent40%
May 16Waxing Gibbous51%
May 17Waxing Gibbous63%
May 18Waxing Gibbous73%
May 19Waxing Gibbous83%
May 20Waxing Gibbous90%
May 21Waxing Gibbous96%
May 22Waxing Gibbous99%
May 23Full Moon100%
May 24Waning Gibbous99%
May 25Waning Gibbous95%
May 26Waning Gibbous90%
May 27Waning Gibbous83%
May 28Waning Gibbous76%
May 29Waning Gibbous67%
May 30Waning Gibbous58%
May 31Waning Crescent48%
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