March 2027 Moon Phase Calendar

Updated October 2, 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 2027 Moon Phase Calendar — 13-month

Gregorian dates: April 23, 2027 – May 20, 2027.

Switching keeps the reference date, April 23, 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.

May 2027 — International Fixed Calendar, Eastern Time. Gregorian date shown below each day.
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
190.1%April 23	283.5%April 24	375.8%April 25	467.2%April 26	558.1%April 27	648.7%April 28 Last Quarter 4:17 p.m. EDT	739.2%April 29
830%April 30	921.4%May 1	1013.7%May 2	117.4%May 3	122.8%May 4	130.5%May 5	140.6%May 6 New Moon 6:58 a.m. EDT
153.3%May 7	168.7%May 8	1716.3%May 9	1825.8%May 10	1936.6%May 11	2047.9%May 12	2159.2%May 13 First Quarter 12:43 a.m. EDT
2269.8%May 14	2379.3%May 15	2487.3%May 16	2593.5%May 17	2697.6%May 18	2799.6%May 19	2899.5%May 20 Full Moon 6:58 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.

March 2027 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Principal lunar phases in March 2027, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
Phase	Date	Time (ET)	Time (UTC)	13 month date
New Moon	March 8, 2027	4:29 a.m. EST	March 8, 2027 9:29 a.m. UTC	March 11, 2027
First Quarter	March 15, 2027	12:25 p.m. EDT	March 15, 2027 4:25 p.m. UTC	March 18, 2027
Full Moon	March 22, 2027	6:43 a.m. EDT	March 22, 2027 10:43 a.m. UTC	March 25, 2027
Last Quarter	March 29, 2027	8:53 p.m. EDT	March 30, 2027 12:53 a.m. UTC	April 4, 2027

Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise

Daily lunar conditions in March 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
March 1, 2027	Last Quarter	33.1%	March 1, 2027, 2:38 a.m. EST March 1, 2027, 7:38 a.m. UTC	March 4, 2027
March 2, 2027	Waning Crescent	24.5%	March 2, 2027, 3:27 a.m. EST March 2, 2027, 8:27 a.m. UTC	March 5, 2027
March 3, 2027	Waning Crescent	16.9%	March 3, 2027, 4:07 a.m. EST March 3, 2027, 9:07 a.m. UTC	March 6, 2027
March 4, 2027	Waning Crescent	10.4%	March 4, 2027, 4:41 a.m. EST March 4, 2027, 9:41 a.m. UTC	March 7, 2027
March 5, 2027	Waning Crescent	5.3%	March 5, 2027, 5:09 a.m. EST March 5, 2027, 10:09 a.m. UTC	March 8, 2027
March 6, 2027	New Moon	1.8%	March 6, 2027, 5:34 a.m. EST March 6, 2027, 10:34 a.m. UTC	March 9, 2027
March 7, 2027	New Moon	0.2%	March 7, 2027, 5:56 a.m. EST March 7, 2027, 10:56 a.m. UTC	March 10, 2027
March 8, 2027	New Moon	0.5%	March 8, 2027, 6:17 a.m. EST March 8, 2027, 11:17 a.m. UTC	March 11, 2027
March 9, 2027	New Moon	2.9%	March 9, 2027, 6:38 a.m. EST March 9, 2027, 11:38 a.m. UTC	March 12, 2027
March 10, 2027	Waxing Crescent	7.5%	March 10, 2027, 7:01 a.m. EST March 10, 2027, 12:01 p.m. UTC	March 13, 2027
March 11, 2027	Waxing Crescent	14%	March 11, 2027, 7:26 a.m. EST March 11, 2027, 12:26 p.m. UTC	March 14, 2027
March 12, 2027	Waxing Crescent	22.3%	March 12, 2027, 7:56 a.m. EST March 12, 2027, 12:56 p.m. UTC	March 15, 2027
March 13, 2027	First Quarter	32.1%	March 13, 2027, 8:32 a.m. EST March 13, 2027, 1:32 p.m. UTC	March 16, 2027
March 14, 2027	First Quarter	42.4%	March 14, 2027, 10:18 a.m. EDT March 14, 2027, 2:18 p.m. UTC	March 17, 2027
March 15, 2027	First Quarter	53.7%	March 15, 2027, 11:15 a.m. EDT March 15, 2027, 3:15 p.m. UTC	March 18, 2027
March 16, 2027	First Quarter	65%	March 16, 2027, 12:22 p.m. EDT March 16, 2027, 4:22 p.m. UTC	March 19, 2027
March 17, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	75.6%	March 17, 2027, 1:37 p.m. EDT March 17, 2027, 5:37 p.m. UTC	March 20, 2027
March 18, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	84.8%	March 18, 2027, 2:54 p.m. EDT March 18, 2027, 6:54 p.m. UTC	March 21, 2027
March 19, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	92.2%	March 19, 2027, 4:11 p.m. EDT March 19, 2027, 8:11 p.m. UTC	March 22, 2027
March 20, 2027	Full Moon	97.2%	March 20, 2027, 5:26 p.m. EDT March 20, 2027, 9:26 p.m. UTC	March 23, 2027
March 21, 2027	Full Moon	99.7%	March 21, 2027, 6:39 p.m. EDT March 21, 2027, 10:39 p.m. UTC	March 24, 2027
March 22, 2027	Full Moon	99.5%	March 22, 2027, 7:51 p.m. EDT March 22, 2027, 11:51 p.m. UTC	March 25, 2027
March 23, 2027	Full Moon	96.9%	March 23, 2027, 9:03 p.m. EDT March 24, 2027, 1:03 a.m. UTC	March 26, 2027
March 24, 2027	Waning Gibbous	92.1%	March 24, 2027, 10:13 p.m. EDT March 25, 2027, 2:13 a.m. UTC	March 27, 2027
March 25, 2027	Waning Gibbous	85.6%	March 25, 2027, 11:22 p.m. EDT March 26, 2027, 3:22 a.m. UTC	March 28, 2027
March 26, 2027	Waning Gibbous	77.8%	No moonrise on this Eastern calendar date	April 1, 2027
March 27, 2027	Waning Gibbous	69.2%	March 27, 2027, 12:28 a.m. EDT March 27, 2027, 4:28 a.m. UTC	April 2, 2027
March 28, 2027	Last Quarter	59.9%	March 28, 2027, 1:27 a.m. EDT March 28, 2027, 5:27 a.m. UTC	April 3, 2027
March 29, 2027	Last Quarter	50.5%	March 29, 2027, 2:19 a.m. EDT March 29, 2027, 6:19 a.m. UTC	April 4, 2027
March 30, 2027	Last Quarter	41.1%	March 30, 2027, 3:03 a.m. EDT March 30, 2027, 7:03 a.m. UTC	April 5, 2027
March 31, 2027	Last Quarter	32%	March 31, 2027, 3:40 a.m. EDT March 31, 2027, 7:40 a.m. UTC	April 6, 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.