Moon calendar, May 2020
Tropical zodiac · geocentric, apparent positions · Swiss Ephemeris, checked against NASA JPL DE440 · void of course: last exact conjunction, sextile, square, trine or opposition to the Sun and Mercury to Pluto · times in UTC
Full Moon on 7 May at 10:45, in Scorpio. New Moon on 22 May at 17:38, in Gemini.
The Moon changes sign 14 times this month and is void of course before each change.
| Date | Moon sign | Phase | Void of course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | Leo | from 16:04 | |
| Sat 2 | Leo, enters Virgo at 05:35 | until 05:35 | |
| Sun 3 | Virgo | ||
| Mon 4 | Virgo, enters Libra at 07:09 | 02:24 to 07:09 | |
| Tue 5 | Libra | ||
| Wed 6 | Libra, enters Scorpio at 07:04 | 02:30 to 07:04 | |
| Thu 7 | Scorpio | Full Moon at 10:45 | |
| Fri 8 | Scorpio, enters Sagittarius at 07:15 | 02:38 to 07:15 | |
| Sat 9 | Sagittarius | ||
| Sun 10 | Sagittarius, enters Capricorn at 09:38 | 06:10 to 09:38 | |
| Mon 11 | Capricorn | ||
| Tue 12 | Capricorn, enters Aquarius at 15:38 | 10:29 to 15:38 | |
| Wed 13 | Aquarius | ||
| Thu 14 | Aquarius | Last quarter at 14:02 | from 14:02 |
| Fri 15 | Aquarius, enters Pisces at 01:24 | until 01:24 | |
| Sat 16 | Pisces | ||
| Sun 17 | Pisces, enters Aries at 13:35 | 07:59 to 13:35 | |
| Mon 18 | Aries | ||
| Tue 19 | Aries | from 20:32 | |
| Wed 20 | Aries, enters Taurus at 02:10 | until 02:10 | |
| Thu 21 | Taurus | ||
| Fri 22 | Taurus, enters Gemini at 13:35 | New Moon at 17:38 | 08:01 to 13:35 |
| Sat 23 | Gemini | ||
| Sun 24 | Gemini, enters Cancer at 23:08 | 11:09 to 23:08 | |
| Mon 25 | Cancer | ||
| Tue 26 | Cancer | ||
| Wed 27 | Cancer, enters Leo at 06:33 | 01:06 to 06:33 | |
| Thu 28 | Leo | from 13:30 | |
| Fri 29 | Leo, enters Virgo at 11:40 | until 11:40 | |
| Sat 30 | Virgo | First quarter at 03:29 | |
| Sun 31 | Virgo, enters Libra at 14:37 | 09:16 to 14:37 |
Go deeper: phases, signs and void of course
Phases. New Moon is the moment the Moon passes the Sun in longitude; first quarter, full and last quarter are 90°, 180° and 270° past it. Each happens at one instant worldwide; only the clock time differs by place.
Signs. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a half days. These are tropical signs; in a sidereal (Vedic) zodiac the Moon reaches each sign about 24° later, nearly two days after the times shown.
Void of course. From the Moon’s last exact major aspect in a sign until it enters the next sign. William Lilly, in the 17th century, counted only the Sun and the five visible planets; most modern calendars add Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, so their void periods are often shorter. Switch between the two above.