April 2027 Moon Phase Calendar

Updated October 3, 2026 · 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 — Gregorian

Gregorian dates: May 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026.

Switching keeps the reference date, May 1, 2026. Weekday headings follow the Gregorian calendar. 13-month dates appear below each day. The detail tables below keep their stated Gregorian date ranges.

Moon phases for May 2026, Eastern Time. 13 month calendar date shown in the center of each day.
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					199.8%May 9 Full Moon 1:23 p.m. EDT	298.3%May 10
395.1%May 11	490.3%May 12	584.1%May 13	676.7%May 14	768.2%May 15	858.8%May 16	949%May 17 Last Quarter 5:10 p.m. EDT
1038.8%May 18	1128.9%May 19	1219.5%May 20	1311.4%May 21	145.1%May 22	151.2%May 23	160.2%May 24 New Moon 4:00 p.m. EDT
172.3%May 25	187.2%May 26	1914.7%May 27	2023.9%May 28	2134.3%Jun 1	2245.1%Jun 2	2355.8%Jun 3 First Quarter 7:10 a.m. EDT
2466%Jun 4	2575.2%Jun 5	2683.2%Jun 6	2789.8%Jun 7	2894.8%Jun 8	2998.1%Jun 9	3099.7%Jun 10
3199.5%Jun 11 Full Moon 4:45 a.m. EDT

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
Phase	Date	Time (ET)	Time (UTC)	13 month date
New Moon	April 6, 2027	7:51 p.m. EDT	April 6, 2027 11:51 p.m. UTC	April 12, 2027
First Quarter	April 13, 2027	6:56 p.m. EDT	April 13, 2027 10:56 p.m. UTC	April 19, 2027
Full Moon	April 20, 2027	6:27 p.m. EDT	April 20, 2027 10:27 p.m. UTC	April 26, 2027
Last Quarter	April 28, 2027	4:17 p.m. EDT	April 28, 2027 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
Date	Phase at 8 p.m. ET	Illumination	NYC moonrise (ET / UTC)	13 month date
April 1, 2027	Waning Crescent	23.5%	April 1, 2027, 4:10 a.m. EDT April 1, 2027, 8:10 a.m. UTC	April 7, 2027
April 2, 2027	Waning Crescent	15.8%	April 2, 2027, 4:36 a.m. EDT April 2, 2027, 8:36 a.m. UTC	April 8, 2027
April 3, 2027	Waning Crescent	9.4%	April 3, 2027, 4:59 a.m. EDT April 3, 2027, 8:59 a.m. UTC	April 9, 2027
April 4, 2027	Waning Crescent	4.4%	April 4, 2027, 5:21 a.m. EDT April 4, 2027, 9:21 a.m. UTC	April 10, 2027
April 5, 2027	New Moon	1.2%	April 5, 2027, 5:42 a.m. EDT April 5, 2027, 9:42 a.m. UTC	April 11, 2027
April 6, 2027	New Moon	0.1%	April 6, 2027, 6:04 a.m. EDT April 6, 2027, 10:04 a.m. UTC	April 12, 2027
April 7, 2027	New Moon	1.4%	April 7, 2027, 6:29 a.m. EDT April 7, 2027, 10:29 a.m. UTC	April 13, 2027
April 8, 2027	Waxing Crescent	5%	April 8, 2027, 6:58 a.m. EDT April 8, 2027, 10:58 a.m. UTC	April 14, 2027
April 9, 2027	Waxing Crescent	10.9%	April 9, 2027, 7:33 a.m. EDT April 9, 2027, 11:33 a.m. UTC	April 15, 2027
April 10, 2027	Waxing Crescent	18.8%	April 10, 2027, 8:16 a.m. EDT April 10, 2027, 12:16 p.m. UTC	April 16, 2027
April 11, 2027	Waxing Crescent	28.5%	April 11, 2027, 9:10 a.m. EDT April 11, 2027, 1:10 p.m. UTC	April 17, 2027
April 12, 2027	First Quarter	39.3%	April 12, 2027, 10:15 a.m. EDT April 12, 2027, 2:15 p.m. UTC	April 18, 2027
April 13, 2027	First Quarter	50.6%	April 13, 2027, 11:27 a.m. EDT April 13, 2027, 3:27 p.m. UTC	April 19, 2027
April 14, 2027	First Quarter	62%	April 14, 2027, 12:42 p.m. EDT April 14, 2027, 4:42 p.m. UTC	April 20, 2027
April 15, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	72.6%	April 15, 2027, 1:57 p.m. EDT April 15, 2027, 5:57 p.m. UTC	April 21, 2027
April 16, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	82.1%	April 16, 2027, 3:11 p.m. EDT April 16, 2027, 7:11 p.m. UTC	April 22, 2027
April 17, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	89.8%	April 17, 2027, 4:22 p.m. EDT April 17, 2027, 8:22 p.m. UTC	April 23, 2027
April 18, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	95.5%	April 18, 2027, 5:33 p.m. EDT April 18, 2027, 9:33 p.m. UTC	April 24, 2027
April 19, 2027	Full Moon	98.8%	April 19, 2027, 6:43 p.m. EDT April 19, 2027, 10:43 p.m. UTC	April 25, 2027
April 20, 2027	Full Moon	99.8%	April 20, 2027, 7:53 p.m. EDT April 20, 2027, 11:53 p.m. UTC	April 26, 2027
April 21, 2027	Full Moon	98.5%	April 21, 2027, 9:03 p.m. EDT April 22, 2027, 1:03 a.m. UTC	April 27, 2027
April 22, 2027	Waning Gibbous	95.2%	April 22, 2027, 10:10 p.m. EDT April 23, 2027, 2:10 a.m. UTC	April 28, 2027
April 23, 2027	Waning Gibbous	90.1%	April 23, 2027, 11:13 p.m. EDT April 24, 2027, 3:13 a.m. UTC	May 1, 2027
April 24, 2027	Waning Gibbous	83.5%	No moonrise on this Eastern calendar date	May 2, 2027
April 25, 2027	Waning Gibbous	75.8%	April 25, 2027, 12:09 a.m. EDT April 25, 2027, 4:09 a.m. UTC	May 3, 2027
April 26, 2027	Last Quarter	67.2%	April 26, 2027, 12:57 a.m. EDT April 26, 2027, 4:57 a.m. UTC	May 4, 2027
April 27, 2027	Last Quarter	58.1%	April 27, 2027, 1:36 a.m. EDT April 27, 2027, 5:36 a.m. UTC	May 5, 2027
April 28, 2027	Last Quarter	48.7%	April 28, 2027, 2:09 a.m. EDT April 28, 2027, 6:09 a.m. UTC	May 6, 2027
April 29, 2027	Last Quarter	39.2%	April 29, 2027, 2:36 a.m. EDT April 29, 2027, 6:36 a.m. UTC	May 7, 2027
April 30, 2027	Waning Crescent	30%	April 30, 2027, 3:01 a.m. EDT April 30, 2027, 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.