January 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.

January 2026 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Principal lunar phases in January 2026, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
PhaseDateTime (ET)Time (UTC)13 month date
Full Moon5:02 a.m. EST
10:02 a.m. UTC		January 3, 2026
Last Quarter10:48 a.m. EST
3:48 p.m. UTC		January 10, 2026
New Moon2:51 p.m. EST
7:51 p.m. UTC		January 18, 2026
First Quarter11:47 p.m. EST
4:47 a.m. UTC		January 25, 2026

Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise

Daily lunar conditions in January 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, 97% illuminatedFull Moon97%, 2:36 p.m. EST
, 7:36 p.m. UTC		January 1, 2026
Full Moon, 99.6% illuminatedFull Moon99.6%, 3:43 p.m. EST
, 8:43 p.m. UTC		January 2, 2026
Full Moon, 99.3% illuminatedFull Moon99.3%, 4:59 p.m. EST
, 9:59 p.m. UTC		January 3, 2026
Full Moon, 96.3% illuminatedFull Moon96.3%, 6:17 p.m. EST
, 11:17 p.m. UTC		January 4, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 90.9% illuminatedWaning Gibbous90.9%, 7:33 p.m. EST
, 12:33 a.m. UTC		January 5, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 83.7% illuminatedWaning Gibbous83.7%, 8:45 p.m. EST
, 1:45 a.m. UTC		January 6, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 75.1% illuminatedWaning Gibbous75.1%, 9:53 p.m. EST
, 2:53 a.m. UTC		January 7, 2026
Last Quarter, 65.8% illuminatedLast Quarter65.8%, 10:57 p.m. EST
, 3:57 a.m. UTC		January 8, 2026
Last Quarter, 56.1% illuminatedLast Quarter56.1%No moonrise on this Eastern calendar dateJanuary 9, 2026
Last Quarter, 46.4% illuminatedLast Quarter46.4%, 12:00 a.m. EST
, 5:00 a.m. UTC		January 10, 2026
Last Quarter, 37.1% illuminatedLast Quarter37.1%, 1:03 a.m. EST
, 6:03 a.m. UTC		January 11, 2026
Waning Crescent, 28.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent28.2%, 2:06 a.m. EST
, 7:06 a.m. UTC		January 12, 2026
Waning Crescent, 20.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent20.2%, 3:09 a.m. EST
, 8:09 a.m. UTC		January 13, 2026
Waning Crescent, 13.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent13.2%, 4:11 a.m. EST
, 9:11 a.m. UTC		January 14, 2026
Waning Crescent, 7.5% illuminatedWaning Crescent7.5%, 5:11 a.m. EST
, 10:11 a.m. UTC		January 15, 2026
New Moon, 3.3% illuminatedNew Moon3.3%, 6:05 a.m. EST
, 11:05 a.m. UTC		January 16, 2026
New Moon, 0.7% illuminatedNew Moon0.7%, 6:52 a.m. EST
, 11:52 a.m. UTC		January 17, 2026
New Moon, 0.1% illuminatedNew Moon0.1%, 7:32 a.m. EST
, 12:32 p.m. UTC		January 18, 2026
New Moon, 1.5% illuminatedNew Moon1.5%, 8:04 a.m. EST
, 1:04 p.m. UTC		January 19, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminatedWaxing Crescent5%, 8:32 a.m. EST
, 1:32 p.m. UTC		January 20, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 10.6% illuminatedWaxing Crescent10.6%, 8:56 a.m. EST
, 1:56 p.m. UTC		January 21, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 18% illuminatedWaxing Crescent18%, 9:18 a.m. EST
, 2:18 p.m. UTC		January 22, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 27% illuminatedWaxing Crescent27%, 9:40 a.m. EST
, 2:40 p.m. UTC		January 23, 2026
First Quarter, 37.3% illuminatedFirst Quarter37.3%, 10:03 a.m. EST
, 3:03 p.m. UTC		January 24, 2026
First Quarter, 48.3% illuminatedFirst Quarter48.3%, 10:28 a.m. EST
, 3:28 p.m. UTC		January 25, 2026
First Quarter, 59.7% illuminatedFirst Quarter59.7%, 10:58 a.m. EST
, 3:58 p.m. UTC		January 26, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 70.6% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous70.6%, 11:35 a.m. EST
, 4:35 p.m. UTC		January 27, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 80.6% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous80.6%, 12:23 p.m. EST
, 5:23 p.m. UTC		January 28, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 89% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous89%, 1:22 p.m. EST
, 6:22 p.m. UTC		February 1, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 95.2% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous95.2%, 2:33 p.m. EST
, 7:33 p.m. UTC		February 2, 2026
Full Moon, 98.9% illuminatedFull Moon98.9%, 3:49 p.m. EST
, 8:49 p.m. UTC		February 3, 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.