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.
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.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 48.9%April 23
First Quarter 10:31 p.m. EDT
|
59.9%April 24
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70.1%April 25
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 79.2%April 26
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86.9%April 27
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92.9%April 28
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 97.1%April 29
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99.4%April 30
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99.8%May 1
Full Moon 1:23 p.m. EDT
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98.3%May 2
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 95.1%May 3
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90.3%May 4
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84.1%May 5
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76.7%May 6
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 68.2%May 7
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58.8%May 8
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49%May 9
Last Quarter 5:10 p.m. EDT
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38.8%May 10
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 28.9%May 11
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19.5%May 12
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11.4%May 13
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5.1%May 14
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 1.2%May 15
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0.2%May 16
New Moon 4:00 p.m. EDT
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2.3%May 17
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 7.2%May 18
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14.7%May 19
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23.9%May 20
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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.