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.

Sol 2027 Moon Phase Calendar — 13-month

Gregorian dates: June 18, 2027 – July 15, 2027.

Switching keeps the reference date, July 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.

Sol 2027 — International Fixed Calendar, Eastern Time. Gregorian date shown below each day.
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Full Moon, 99.9% illuminated99.9%June 18 Full Moon 8:44 p.m. EDT Full Moon, 99.1% illuminated99.1%June 19 Full Moon, 96.5% illuminated96.5%June 20 Waning Gibbous, 92.2% illuminated92.2%June 21 Waning Gibbous, 86.4% illuminated86.4%June 22 Waning Gibbous, 79.3% illuminated79.3%June 23 Waning Gibbous, 71.1% illuminated71.1%June 24
Last Quarter, 62% illuminated62%June 25 Last Quarter, 52.2% illuminated52.2%June 26 Last Quarter, 42.1% illuminated42.1%June 27 Last Quarter 12:54 a.m. EDT Waning Crescent, 31.9% illuminated31.9%June 28 Waning Crescent, 22.3% illuminated22.3%June 29 Waning Crescent, 13.7% illuminated13.7%June 30 Waning Crescent, 6.7% illuminated6.7%July 1
New Moon, 2% illuminated2%July 2 New Moon, 0.1% illuminated0.1%July 3 New Moon 11:01 p.m. EDT New Moon, 1.2% illuminated1.2%July 4 Waxing Crescent, 5.3% illuminated5.3%July 5 Waxing Crescent, 12% illuminated12%July 6 Waxing Crescent, 20.8% illuminated20.8%July 7 Waxing Crescent, 30.9% illuminated30.9%July 8
First Quarter, 41.7% illuminated41.7%July 9 First Quarter, 52.5% illuminated52.5%July 10 First Quarter 2:38 p.m. EDT First Quarter, 62.9% illuminated62.9%July 11 Waxing Gibbous, 72.5% illuminated72.5%July 12 Waxing Gibbous, 81% illuminated81%July 13 Waxing Gibbous, 88.1% illuminated88.1%July 14 Waxing Gibbous, 93.6% illuminated93.6%July 15

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

Principal lunar phases in May 2026, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
PhaseDateTime (ET)Time (UTC)13 month date
Full Moon1:23 p.m. EDT
5:23 p.m. UTC
May 9, 2026
Last Quarter5:10 p.m. EDT
9:10 p.m. UTC
May 17, 2026
New Moon4:00 p.m. EDT
8:00 p.m. UTC
May 24, 2026
First Quarter7:10 a.m. EDT
11:10 a.m. UTC
June 3, 2026
Full Moon4:45 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

Daily lunar conditions in May 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, 99.8% illuminatedFull Moon99.8%, 8:20 p.m. EDT
, 12:20 a.m. UTC
May 9, 2026
Full Moon, 98.3% illuminatedFull Moon98.3%, 9:23 p.m. EDT
, 1:23 a.m. UTC
May 10, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 95.1% illuminatedWaning Gibbous95.1%, 10:25 p.m. EDT
, 2:25 a.m. UTC
May 11, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 90.3% illuminatedWaning Gibbous90.3%, 11:22 p.m. EDT
, 3:22 a.m. UTC
May 12, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 84.1% illuminatedWaning Gibbous84.1%No moonrise on this Eastern calendar dateMay 13, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 76.7% illuminatedWaning Gibbous76.7%, 12:12 a.m. EDT
, 4:12 a.m. UTC
May 14, 2026
Last Quarter, 68.2% illuminatedLast Quarter68.2%, 12:54 a.m. EDT
, 4:54 a.m. UTC
May 15, 2026
Last Quarter, 58.8% illuminatedLast Quarter58.8%, 1:30 a.m. EDT
, 5:30 a.m. UTC
May 16, 2026
Last Quarter, 49% illuminatedLast Quarter49%, 2:00 a.m. EDT
, 6:00 a.m. UTC
May 17, 2026
Last Quarter, 38.8% illuminatedLast Quarter38.8%, 2:25 a.m. EDT
, 6:25 a.m. UTC
May 18, 2026
Waning Crescent, 28.9% illuminatedWaning Crescent28.9%, 2:49 a.m. EDT
, 6:49 a.m. UTC
May 19, 2026
Waning Crescent, 19.5% illuminatedWaning Crescent19.5%, 3:11 a.m. EDT
, 7:11 a.m. UTC
May 20, 2026
Waning Crescent, 11.4% illuminatedWaning Crescent11.4%, 3:33 a.m. EDT
, 7:33 a.m. UTC
May 21, 2026
Waning Crescent, 5.1% illuminatedWaning Crescent5.1%, 3:58 a.m. EDT
, 7:58 a.m. UTC
May 22, 2026
New Moon, 1.2% illuminatedNew Moon1.2%, 4:27 a.m. EDT
, 8:27 a.m. UTC
May 23, 2026
New Moon, 0.2% illuminatedNew Moon0.2%, 5:02 a.m. EDT
, 9:02 a.m. UTC
May 24, 2026
New Moon, 2.3% illuminatedNew Moon2.3%, 5:48 a.m. EDT
, 9:48 a.m. UTC
May 25, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 7.2% illuminatedWaxing Crescent7.2%, 6:45 a.m. EDT
, 10:45 a.m. UTC
May 26, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 14.7% illuminatedWaxing Crescent14.7%, 7:53 a.m. EDT
, 11:53 a.m. UTC
May 27, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 23.9% illuminatedWaxing Crescent23.9%, 9:09 a.m. EDT
, 1:09 p.m. UTC
May 28, 2026
First Quarter, 34.3% illuminatedFirst Quarter34.3%, 10:26 a.m. EDT
, 2:26 p.m. UTC
June 1, 2026
First Quarter, 45.1% illuminatedFirst Quarter45.1%, 11:40 a.m. EDT
, 3:40 p.m. UTC
June 2, 2026
First Quarter, 55.8% illuminatedFirst Quarter55.8%, 12:50 p.m. EDT
, 4:50 p.m. UTC
June 3, 2026
First Quarter, 66% illuminatedFirst Quarter66%, 1:57 p.m. EDT
, 5:57 p.m. UTC
June 4, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 75.2% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous75.2%, 3:01 p.m. EDT
, 7:01 p.m. UTC
June 5, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 83.2% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous83.2%, 4:04 p.m. EDT
, 8:04 p.m. UTC
June 6, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 89.8% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous89.8%, 5:08 p.m. EDT
, 9:08 p.m. UTC
June 7, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 94.8% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous94.8%, 6:11 p.m. EDT
, 10:11 p.m. UTC
June 8, 2026
Full Moon, 98.1% illuminatedFull Moon98.1%, 7:15 p.m. EDT
, 11:15 p.m. UTC
June 9, 2026
Full Moon, 99.7% illuminatedFull Moon99.7%, 8:17 p.m. EDT
, 12:17 a.m. UTC
June 10, 2026
Full Moon, 99.5% illuminatedFull Moon99.5%, 9:16 p.m. EDT
, 1:16 a.m. UTC
June 11, 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.