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.
July 2026 Moon Phase Calendar — 13-month
Gregorian dates: July 16, 2026 – August 12, 2026.
Switching keeps the reference date, August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 9.3%July 16
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16.9%July 17
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25.8%July 18
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 35.5%July 19
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45.5%July 20
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55.4%July 21
First Quarter 7:05 a.m. EDT
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64.9%July 22
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 73.7%July 23
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81.6%July 24
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88.3%July 25
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93.7%July 26
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 97.5%July 27
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99.6%July 28
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99.8%July 29
Full Moon 10:35 a.m. EDT
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98.1%July 30
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 94.4%July 31
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88.8%August 1
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81.4%August 2
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72.5%August 3
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 62.3%August 4
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51.2%August 5
Last Quarter 10:21 p.m. EDT
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39.9%August 6
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 28.9%August 7
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18.9%August 8
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10.5%August 9
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4.3%August 10
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 0.8%August 11
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0.1%August 12
New Moon 1:36 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.