Lunar Calendar Month May 2019 (Tonga)

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 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga during May 2019.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2019-05-05	11:45
1st quarter	2019-05-12	14:12
full moon	2019-05-19	10:11
3rd quarter	2019-05-27	05:33

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during May 2019.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2019-05-14	10:54	369,015 km
Apogee	2019-05-27	02:28	404,133 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 Objects	Date and Time
Venus	2019-05-03 00:39
Aldebaran	2019-05-07 10:52
Mars	2019-05-08 12:36
Beehive	2019-05-11 14:35
Jupiter	2019-05-21 05:54
Saturn	2019-05-23 11:25

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of May 2019.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Tonga.

May 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	29Monday	30Tuesday	1Wednesday 19% illuminated Age:25.3	2Thursday 12% illuminated Age:26.2	3Friday 6.4% illuminated Age:27.1	4Saturday 2.4% illuminated Age:28.1	5Sunday 0.3% illuminated Age:29
Week 19	6Monday 0.3% illuminated Age:0.5	7Tuesday 2.5% illuminated Age:1.5	8Wednesday 7.1% illuminated Age:2.5	9Thursday 13.8% illuminated Age:3.6	10Friday 22.3% illuminated Age:4.6	11Saturday 32.4% illuminated Age:5.7	12Sunday 43.4% illuminated Age:6.8
Week 20	13Monday 54.8% illuminated Age:7.8	14Tuesday 66.1% illuminated Age:8.9	15Wednesday 76.5% illuminated Age:10	16Thursday 85.5% illuminated Age:11.1	17Friday 92.6% illuminated Age:12.2	18Saturday 97.4% illuminated Age:13.3	19Sunday 99.8% illuminated Age:14.3
Week 21	20Monday 99.6% illuminated Age:15.4	21Tuesday 97.1% illuminated Age:16.4	22Wednesday 92.6% illuminated Age:17.3	23Thursday 86.5% illuminated Age:18.3	24Friday 79% illuminated Age:19.2	25Saturday 70.6% illuminated Age:20.2	26Sunday 61.5% illuminated Age:21.1
Week 22	27Monday 52.2% illuminated Age:21.9	28Tuesday 42.7% illuminated Age:22.8	29Wednesday 33.5% illuminated Age:23.7	30Thursday 24.7% illuminated Age:24.6	31Friday 16.7% illuminated Age:25.6	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday