April 2026 Moon Phase Calendar

Updated · Daily moon data sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC shown where relevant)

The daily phase and illumination below are sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Principal phases are exact astronomical instants. Moonrise is for New York City and may occur on a different local date elsewhere.

May 2026 Moon Phase Calendar — 13-month

Gregorian dates: April 23, 2026 – May 20, 2026.

Switching keeps the reference date, April 23, 2026. Weekday headings follow the fixed calendar, not Gregorian weekdays. Each month has four complete weeks; Sol sits between June and July. The detail tables below keep their stated Gregorian date ranges.

May 2026 — International Fixed Calendar, Eastern Time. Gregorian date shown below each day.
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
First Quarter, 48.9% illuminated48.9%April 23 First Quarter 10:31 p.m. EDT First Quarter, 59.9% illuminated59.9%April 24 First Quarter, 70.1% illuminated70.1%April 25 Waxing Gibbous, 79.2% illuminated79.2%April 26 Waxing Gibbous, 86.9% illuminated86.9%April 27 Waxing Gibbous, 92.9% illuminated92.9%April 28 Full Moon, 97.1% illuminated97.1%April 29
Full Moon, 99.4% illuminated99.4%April 30 Full Moon, 99.8% illuminated99.8%May 1 Full Moon 1:23 p.m. EDT Full Moon, 98.3% illuminated98.3%May 2 Waning Gibbous, 95.1% illuminated95.1%May 3 Waning Gibbous, 90.3% illuminated90.3%May 4 Waning Gibbous, 84.1% illuminated84.1%May 5 Waning Gibbous, 76.7% illuminated76.7%May 6
Last Quarter, 68.2% illuminated68.2%May 7 Last Quarter, 58.8% illuminated58.8%May 8 Last Quarter, 49% illuminated49%May 9 Last Quarter 5:10 p.m. EDT Last Quarter, 38.8% illuminated38.8%May 10 Waning Crescent, 28.9% illuminated28.9%May 11 Waning Crescent, 19.5% illuminated19.5%May 12 Waning Crescent, 11.4% illuminated11.4%May 13
Waning Crescent, 5.1% illuminated5.1%May 14 New Moon, 1.2% illuminated1.2%May 15 New Moon, 0.2% illuminated0.2%May 16 New Moon 4:00 p.m. EDT New Moon, 2.3% illuminated2.3%May 17 Waxing Crescent, 7.2% illuminated7.2%May 18 Waxing Crescent, 14.7% illuminated14.7%May 19 Waxing Crescent, 23.9% illuminated23.9%May 20

Daily phase names group the cycle into eight broad phase sectors, using progress between exact astronomical events. They describe the 8 p.m. Eastern sample, not the instant of a new moon, quarter moon, or full moon. The tables list those exact principal-phase instants separately.

April 2026 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Principal lunar phases in April 2026, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
PhaseDateTime (ET)Time (UTC)13 month date
Full Moon10:11 p.m. EDT
2:11 a.m. UTC		April 7, 2026
Last Quarter12:51 a.m. EDT
4:51 a.m. UTC		April 16, 2026
New Moon7:51 a.m. EDT
11:51 a.m. UTC		April 23, 2026
First Quarter10:31 p.m. EDT
2:31 a.m. UTC		May 1, 2026

Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise

Daily lunar conditions in April 2026; phase and illumination sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
DatePhase at 8 p.m. ETIlluminationNYC moonrise (ET / UTC)13 month date
Full Moon, 99.9% illuminatedFull Moon99.9%, 7:17 p.m. EDT
, 11:17 p.m. UTC		April 7, 2026
Full Moon, 99.1% illuminatedFull Moon99.1%, 8:21 p.m. EDT
, 12:21 a.m. UTC		April 8, 2026
Full Moon, 96.3% illuminatedFull Moon96.3%, 9:26 p.m. EDT
, 1:26 a.m. UTC		April 9, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 91.8% illuminatedWaning Gibbous91.8%, 10:31 p.m. EDT
, 2:31 a.m. UTC		April 10, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 85.9% illuminatedWaning Gibbous85.9%, 11:35 p.m. EDT
, 3:35 a.m. UTC		April 11, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 78.7% illuminatedWaning Gibbous78.7%No moonrise on this Eastern calendar dateApril 12, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 70.5% illuminatedWaning Gibbous70.5%, 12:35 a.m. EDT
, 4:35 a.m. UTC		April 13, 2026
Last Quarter, 61.5% illuminatedLast Quarter61.5%, 1:30 a.m. EDT
, 5:30 a.m. UTC		April 14, 2026
Last Quarter, 52.1% illuminatedLast Quarter52.1%, 2:17 a.m. EDT
, 6:17 a.m. UTC		April 15, 2026
Last Quarter, 42.4% illuminatedLast Quarter42.4%, 2:57 a.m. EDT
, 6:57 a.m. UTC		April 16, 2026
Last Quarter, 32.8% illuminatedLast Quarter32.8%, 3:31 a.m. EDT
, 7:31 a.m. UTC		April 17, 2026
Waning Crescent, 23.5% illuminatedWaning Crescent23.5%, 4:00 a.m. EDT
, 8:00 a.m. UTC		April 18, 2026
Waning Crescent, 15.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent15.2%, 4:25 a.m. EDT
, 8:25 a.m. UTC		April 19, 2026
Waning Crescent, 8.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent8.2%, 4:48 a.m. EDT
, 8:48 a.m. UTC		April 20, 2026
New Moon, 3.1% illuminatedNew Moon3.1%, 5:11 a.m. EDT
, 9:11 a.m. UTC		April 21, 2026
New Moon, 0.4% illuminatedNew Moon0.4%, 5:34 a.m. EDT
, 9:34 a.m. UTC		April 22, 2026
New Moon, 0.5% illuminatedNew Moon0.5%, 6:01 a.m. EDT
, 10:01 a.m. UTC		April 23, 2026
New Moon, 3.5% illuminatedNew Moon3.5%, 6:32 a.m. EDT
, 10:32 a.m. UTC		April 24, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 9.2% illuminatedWaxing Crescent9.2%, 7:11 a.m. EDT
, 11:11 a.m. UTC		April 25, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 17.2% illuminatedWaxing Crescent17.2%, 8:01 a.m. EDT
, 12:01 p.m. UTC		April 26, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 27% illuminatedWaxing Crescent27%, 9:01 a.m. EDT
, 1:01 p.m. UTC		April 27, 2026
First Quarter, 37.8% illuminatedFirst Quarter37.8%, 10:11 a.m. EDT
, 2:11 p.m. UTC		April 28, 2026
First Quarter, 48.9% illuminatedFirst Quarter48.9%, 11:25 a.m. EDT
, 3:25 p.m. UTC		May 1, 2026
First Quarter, 59.9% illuminatedFirst Quarter59.9%, 12:39 p.m. EDT
, 4:39 p.m. UTC		May 2, 2026
First Quarter, 70.1% illuminatedFirst Quarter70.1%, 1:50 p.m. EDT
, 5:50 p.m. UTC		May 3, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 79.2% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous79.2%, 2:58 p.m. EDT
, 6:58 p.m. UTC		May 4, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 86.9% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous86.9%, 4:04 p.m. EDT
, 8:04 p.m. UTC		May 5, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 92.9% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous92.9%, 5:08 p.m. EDT
, 9:08 p.m. UTC		May 6, 2026
Full Moon, 97.1% illuminatedFull Moon97.1%, 6:11 p.m. EDT
, 10:11 p.m. UTC		May 7, 2026
Full Moon, 99.4% illuminatedFull Moon99.4%, 7:15 p.m. EDT
, 11:15 p.m. UTC		May 8, 2026

“No moonrise” means no rise occurs during that midnight-to-midnight Eastern calendar date at the New York City observer location; it does not mean the moon never rises.