May 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.
March 2026 Moon Phase Calendar — 13-month
Gregorian dates: February 26, 2026 – March 25, 2026.
Switching keeps the reference date, March 1, 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.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 77.4%February 26
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86.1%February 27
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93%February 28
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 97.5%March 1
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99.8%March 2
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99.6%March 3
Full Moon 6:37 a.m. EST
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97.3%March 4
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 93%March 5
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87.1%March 6
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79.9%March 7
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72.1%March 8
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 63.2%March 9
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53.9%March 10
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44.5%March 11
Last Quarter 5:38 a.m. EDT
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35.1%March 12
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 26.1%March 13
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17.9%March 14
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10.7%March 15
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5.1%March 16
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 1.4%March 17
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0%March 18
New Moon 9:23 p.m. EDT
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1.2%March 19
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 5.1%March 20
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11.4%March 21
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19.8%March 22
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29.9%March 23
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 41%March 24
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52.4%March 25
First Quarter 3:17 p.m. EDT
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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.
May 2026 Moon Phases — Exact Times
| Phase | Date | Time (ET) | Time (UTC) | 13 month date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Moon | 1:23 p.m. EDT | 5:23 p.m. UTC | May 9, 2026 | |
| Last Quarter | 5:10 p.m. EDT | 9:10 p.m. UTC | May 17, 2026 | |
| New Moon | 4:00 p.m. EDT | 8:00 p.m. UTC | May 24, 2026 | |
| First Quarter | 7:10 a.m. EDT | 11:10 a.m. UTC | June 3, 2026 | |
| Full Moon | 4:45 a.m. EDT | 8:45 a.m. UTC | June 11, 2026 |
Special events and calculation notes
- : Second ET-calendar-month full moon; also the Flower Moon
Eclipse classifications are from NASA GSFC. On this site, “supermoon” means a full moon with a computed geocentric distance of 360,000 km or less.
Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise
“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.