April 2027 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, May 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.

May 2026 — International Fixed Calendar, Eastern Time. Gregorian date shown below each day.
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
First Quarter, 48.9% illuminated48.9%April 23 First Quarter 10:31 p.m. EDT First Quarter, 59.9% illuminated59.9%April 24 First Quarter, 70.1% illuminated70.1%April 25 Waxing Gibbous, 79.2% illuminated79.2%April 26 Waxing Gibbous, 86.9% illuminated86.9%April 27 Waxing Gibbous, 92.9% illuminated92.9%April 28 Full Moon, 97.1% illuminated97.1%April 29
Full Moon, 99.4% illuminated99.4%April 30 Full Moon, 99.8% illuminated99.8%May 1 Full Moon 1:23 p.m. EDT Full Moon, 98.3% illuminated98.3%May 2 Waning Gibbous, 95.1% illuminated95.1%May 3 Waning Gibbous, 90.3% illuminated90.3%May 4 Waning Gibbous, 84.1% illuminated84.1%May 5 Waning Gibbous, 76.7% illuminated76.7%May 6
Last Quarter, 68.2% illuminated68.2%May 7 Last Quarter, 58.8% illuminated58.8%May 8 Last Quarter, 49% illuminated49%May 9 Last Quarter 5:10 p.m. EDT Last Quarter, 38.8% illuminated38.8%May 10 Waning Crescent, 28.9% illuminated28.9%May 11 Waning Crescent, 19.5% illuminated19.5%May 12 Waning Crescent, 11.4% illuminated11.4%May 13
Waning Crescent, 5.1% illuminated5.1%May 14 New Moon, 1.2% illuminated1.2%May 15 New Moon, 0.2% illuminated0.2%May 16 New Moon 4:00 p.m. EDT New Moon, 2.3% illuminated2.3%May 17 Waxing Crescent, 7.2% illuminated7.2%May 18 Waxing Crescent, 14.7% illuminated14.7%May 19 Waxing Crescent, 23.9% illuminated23.9%May 20

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.

April 2027 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Principal lunar phases in April 2027, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
PhaseDateTime (ET)Time (UTC)13 month date
New Moon7:51 p.m. EDT
11:51 p.m. UTC		April 12, 2027
First Quarter6:56 p.m. EDT
10:56 p.m. UTC		April 19, 2027
Full Moon6:27 p.m. EDT
10:27 p.m. UTC		April 26, 2027
Last Quarter4:17 p.m. EDT
8:17 p.m. UTC		May 6, 2027

Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise

Daily lunar conditions in April 2027; phase and illumination sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
DatePhase at 8 p.m. ETIlluminationNYC moonrise (ET / UTC)13 month date
Waning Crescent, 23.5% illuminatedWaning Crescent23.5%, 4:10 a.m. EDT
, 8:10 a.m. UTC		April 7, 2027
Waning Crescent, 15.8% illuminatedWaning Crescent15.8%, 4:36 a.m. EDT
, 8:36 a.m. UTC		April 8, 2027
Waning Crescent, 9.4% illuminatedWaning Crescent9.4%, 4:59 a.m. EDT
, 8:59 a.m. UTC		April 9, 2027
Waning Crescent, 4.4% illuminatedWaning Crescent4.4%, 5:21 a.m. EDT
, 9:21 a.m. UTC		April 10, 2027
New Moon, 1.2% illuminatedNew Moon1.2%, 5:42 a.m. EDT
, 9:42 a.m. UTC		April 11, 2027
New Moon, 0.1% illuminatedNew Moon0.1%, 6:04 a.m. EDT
, 10:04 a.m. UTC		April 12, 2027
New Moon, 1.4% illuminatedNew Moon1.4%, 6:29 a.m. EDT
, 10:29 a.m. UTC		April 13, 2027
Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminatedWaxing Crescent5%, 6:58 a.m. EDT
, 10:58 a.m. UTC		April 14, 2027
Waxing Crescent, 10.9% illuminatedWaxing Crescent10.9%, 7:33 a.m. EDT
, 11:33 a.m. UTC		April 15, 2027
Waxing Crescent, 18.8% illuminatedWaxing Crescent18.8%, 8:16 a.m. EDT
, 12:16 p.m. UTC		April 16, 2027
Waxing Crescent, 28.5% illuminatedWaxing Crescent28.5%, 9:10 a.m. EDT
, 1:10 p.m. UTC		April 17, 2027
First Quarter, 39.3% illuminatedFirst Quarter39.3%, 10:15 a.m. EDT
, 2:15 p.m. UTC		April 18, 2027
First Quarter, 50.6% illuminatedFirst Quarter50.6%, 11:27 a.m. EDT
, 3:27 p.m. UTC		April 19, 2027
First Quarter, 62% illuminatedFirst Quarter62%, 12:42 p.m. EDT
, 4:42 p.m. UTC		April 20, 2027
Waxing Gibbous, 72.6% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous72.6%, 1:57 p.m. EDT
, 5:57 p.m. UTC		April 21, 2027
Waxing Gibbous, 82.1% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous82.1%, 3:11 p.m. EDT
, 7:11 p.m. UTC		April 22, 2027
Waxing Gibbous, 89.8% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous89.8%, 4:22 p.m. EDT
, 8:22 p.m. UTC		April 23, 2027
Waxing Gibbous, 95.5% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous95.5%, 5:33 p.m. EDT
, 9:33 p.m. UTC		April 24, 2027
Full Moon, 98.8% illuminatedFull Moon98.8%, 6:43 p.m. EDT
, 10:43 p.m. UTC		April 25, 2027
Full Moon, 99.8% illuminatedFull Moon99.8%, 7:53 p.m. EDT
, 11:53 p.m. UTC		April 26, 2027
Full Moon, 98.5% illuminatedFull Moon98.5%, 9:03 p.m. EDT
, 1:03 a.m. UTC		April 27, 2027
Waning Gibbous, 95.2% illuminatedWaning Gibbous95.2%, 10:10 p.m. EDT
, 2:10 a.m. UTC		April 28, 2027
Waning Gibbous, 90.1% illuminatedWaning Gibbous90.1%, 11:13 p.m. EDT
, 3:13 a.m. UTC		May 1, 2027
Waning Gibbous, 83.5% illuminatedWaning Gibbous83.5%No moonrise on this Eastern calendar dateMay 2, 2027
Waning Gibbous, 75.8% illuminatedWaning Gibbous75.8%, 12:09 a.m. EDT
, 4:09 a.m. UTC		May 3, 2027
Last Quarter, 67.2% illuminatedLast Quarter67.2%, 12:57 a.m. EDT
, 4:57 a.m. UTC		May 4, 2027
Last Quarter, 58.1% illuminatedLast Quarter58.1%, 1:36 a.m. EDT
, 5:36 a.m. UTC		May 5, 2027
Last Quarter, 48.7% illuminatedLast Quarter48.7%, 2:09 a.m. EDT
, 6:09 a.m. UTC		May 6, 2027
Last Quarter, 39.2% illuminatedLast Quarter39.2%, 2:36 a.m. EDT
, 6:36 a.m. UTC		May 7, 2027
Waning Crescent, 30% illuminatedWaning Crescent30%, 3:01 a.m. EDT
, 7:01 a.m. UTC		May 8, 2027

“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.