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.
April 2027 Moon Phase Calendar — 13-month
Gregorian dates: March 26, 2027 – April 22, 2027.
Switching keeps the reference date, April 1, 2027. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 77.8%March 26
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69.2%March 27
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 59.9%March 28
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50.5%March 29
Last Quarter 8:53 p.m. EDT
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41.1%March 30
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32%March 31
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 23.5%April 1
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15.8%April 2
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9.4%April 3
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4.4%April 4
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 1.2%April 5
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0.1%April 6
New Moon 7:51 p.m. EDT
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1.4%April 7
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 5%April 8
|
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10.9%April 9
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18.8%April 10
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28.5%April 11
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 39.3%April 12
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50.6%April 13
First Quarter 6:56 p.m. EDT
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62%April 14
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 72.6%April 15
|
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82.1%April 16
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89.8%April 17
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95.5%April 18
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 98.8%April 19
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99.8%April 20
Full Moon 6:27 p.m. EDT
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98.5%April 21
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95.2%April 22
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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.