January 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 — 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.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
148.9%April 23 First Quarter 10:31 p.m. EDT	259.9%April 24	370.1%April 25	479.2%April 26	586.9%April 27	692.9%April 28	797.1%April 29
899.4%April 30	999.8%May 1 Full Moon 1:23 p.m. EDT	1098.3%May 2	1195.1%May 3	1290.3%May 4	1384.1%May 5	1476.7%May 6
1568.2%May 7	1658.8%May 8	1749%May 9 Last Quarter 5:10 p.m. EDT	1838.8%May 10	1928.9%May 11	2019.5%May 12	2111.4%May 13
225.1%May 14	231.2%May 15	240.2%May 16 New Moon 4:00 p.m. EDT	252.3%May 17	267.2%May 18	2714.7%May 19	2823.9%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.

January 2027 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Special events and calculation notes

• January 22, 2027: Supermoon (geocentric distance <= 360,000 km)

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 January 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
January 1, 2027	Waning Crescent	28.1%	January 1, 2027, 1:49 a.m. EST January 1, 2027, 6:49 a.m. UTC	January 1, 2027
January 2, 2027	Waning Crescent	19.7%	January 2, 2027, 2:54 a.m. EST January 2, 2027, 7:54 a.m. UTC	January 2, 2027
January 3, 2027	Waning Crescent	12.7%	January 3, 2027, 3:58 a.m. EST January 3, 2027, 8:58 a.m. UTC	January 3, 2027
January 4, 2027	Waning Crescent	7.1%	January 4, 2027, 5:00 a.m. EST January 4, 2027, 10:00 a.m. UTC	January 4, 2027
January 5, 2027	New Moon	3%	January 5, 2027, 5:58 a.m. EST January 5, 2027, 10:58 a.m. UTC	January 5, 2027
January 6, 2027	New Moon	0.7%	January 6, 2027, 6:48 a.m. EST January 6, 2027, 11:48 a.m. UTC	January 6, 2027
January 7, 2027	New Moon	0.1%	January 7, 2027, 7:31 a.m. EST January 7, 2027, 12:31 p.m. UTC	January 7, 2027
January 8, 2027	New Moon	1.3%	January 8, 2027, 8:07 a.m. EST January 8, 2027, 1:07 p.m. UTC	January 8, 2027
January 9, 2027	Waxing Crescent	4.2%	January 9, 2027, 8:36 a.m. EST January 9, 2027, 1:36 p.m. UTC	January 9, 2027
January 10, 2027	Waxing Crescent	8.9%	January 10, 2027, 9:02 a.m. EST January 10, 2027, 2:02 p.m. UTC	January 10, 2027
January 11, 2027	Waxing Crescent	15.1%	January 11, 2027, 9:24 a.m. EST January 11, 2027, 2:24 p.m. UTC	January 11, 2027
January 12, 2027	Waxing Crescent	22.8%	January 12, 2027, 9:45 a.m. EST January 12, 2027, 2:45 p.m. UTC	January 12, 2027
January 13, 2027	First Quarter	31.7%	January 13, 2027, 10:06 a.m. EST January 13, 2027, 3:06 p.m. UTC	January 13, 2027
January 14, 2027	First Quarter	41.6%	January 14, 2027, 10:27 a.m. EST January 14, 2027, 3:27 p.m. UTC	January 14, 2027
January 15, 2027	First Quarter	52.1%	January 15, 2027, 10:51 a.m. EST January 15, 2027, 3:51 p.m. UTC	January 15, 2027
January 16, 2027	First Quarter	62.9%	January 16, 2027, 11:19 a.m. EST January 16, 2027, 4:19 p.m. UTC	January 16, 2027
January 17, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	73.3%	January 17, 2027, 11:54 a.m. EST January 17, 2027, 4:54 p.m. UTC	January 17, 2027
January 18, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	82.9%	January 18, 2027, 12:39 p.m. EST January 18, 2027, 5:39 p.m. UTC	January 18, 2027
January 19, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	90.9%	January 19, 2027, 1:36 p.m. EST January 19, 2027, 6:36 p.m. UTC	January 19, 2027
January 20, 2027	Full Moon	96.6%	January 20, 2027, 2:46 p.m. EST January 20, 2027, 7:46 p.m. UTC	January 20, 2027
January 21, 2027	Full Moon	99.6%	January 21, 2027, 4:06 p.m. EST January 21, 2027, 9:06 p.m. UTC	January 21, 2027
January 22, 2027	Full Moon	99.6%	January 22, 2027, 5:28 p.m. EST January 22, 2027, 10:28 p.m. UTC	January 22, 2027
January 23, 2027	Full Moon	96.6%	January 23, 2027, 6:48 p.m. EST January 23, 2027, 11:48 p.m. UTC	January 23, 2027
January 24, 2027	Waning Gibbous	91%	January 24, 2027, 8:05 p.m. EST January 25, 2027, 1:05 a.m. UTC	January 24, 2027
January 25, 2027	Waning Gibbous	83.3%	January 25, 2027, 9:17 p.m. EST January 26, 2027, 2:17 a.m. UTC	January 25, 2027
January 26, 2027	Waning Gibbous	74.3%	January 26, 2027, 10:28 p.m. EST January 27, 2027, 3:28 a.m. UTC	January 26, 2027
January 27, 2027	Last Quarter	64.4%	January 27, 2027, 11:36 p.m. EST January 28, 2027, 4:36 a.m. UTC	January 27, 2027
January 28, 2027	Last Quarter	54.3%	No moonrise on this Eastern calendar date	January 28, 2027
January 29, 2027	Last Quarter	44.3%	January 29, 2027, 12:43 a.m. EST January 29, 2027, 5:43 a.m. UTC	February 1, 2027
January 30, 2027	Last Quarter	34.8%	January 30, 2027, 1:49 a.m. EST January 30, 2027, 6:49 a.m. UTC	February 2, 2027
January 31, 2027	Waning Crescent	26%	January 31, 2027, 2:53 a.m. EST January 31, 2027, 7:53 a.m. UTC	February 3, 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.