Today, Monday, May 6, 2024, the Moon is in its Waning phase, with 3.16% visibility and decreasing. There are only 2 days left until we enter the New Moon phase. See the complete calendar of Moon phases in May.
Moon today: check out the complete May calendar
The phases of the Moon in the month of May 2024 begin on the 1st with the arrival of the Waning Moon and the end of the Full Moon in April. The change occurred at 8:27 am.
On the 8th it is time for the New Moon, at 00:21. The Crescent Moon appears at 8:48 am on the 15th of this month. The phases of the Moon for the month of May also include the Full Moon, on the 23rd at 10:53 am. Finally, there is a new Waning Moon, on the 30th at 2:12 pm.
It is important to highlight that this calendar considers Brasília time. Information about the phases of the Moon for the month of May comes from the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet).
Lunar cycle for the month of May
- Waning: May 1st at 0:27 am
- New: May 8th at 00:21
- Crescent: May 15 at 8:48 am
- Full: May 23 at 10:53 am
- Waning: May 30th at 2:12 pm
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NASA sees “surfboard” on the Moon?
In 2009, NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), with a mission to investigate the Moon’s surface in detail in order to identify possible landing sites, natural resources and interesting features such as lava tubes. The spacecraft has already mapped about 98.2% of the lunar surface, disregarding the deeply shadowed regions in the polar areas.
Recently, LRO spotted what appeared to be a kind of “surfboard” passing at high speed around the orbit of the celestial body.
This is the Danuri spacecraft, launched by South Korea in August 2022. This is the country’s first lunar orbiter, and its mission is to develop and test technologies – including space internet – and make a topographic map of the Moon’s surface.
