Moon calendar for May 2026
Every day of May 2026 with the Moon's phase and how much of it is lit at 12:00 UTC. The new Moon, the quarters and the full Moon are marked on the day they happen in UTC.
New Moon, quarters and full Moon in May 2026
- Full Moon
- Last quarter
- New Moon
- First quarter
- Full Moon
Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to the minute, and agree with NASA's published table of Moon phases to within two minutes. Where your browser allows, your own clock is shown under each.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1: Full Moon, 100% lit | May 2: Waning gibbous, 99% lit | |||||
| May 3: Waning gibbous, 97% lit | May 4: Waning gibbous, 93% lit | May 5: Waning gibbous, 88% lit | May 6: Waning gibbous, 81% lit | May 7: Waning gibbous, 73% lit | May 8: Waning gibbous, 64% lit | May 9: Last quarter, 54% lit |
| May 10: Waning crescent, 44% lit | May 11: Waning crescent, 34% lit | May 12: Waning crescent, 24% lit | May 13: Waning crescent, 15% lit | May 14: Waning crescent, 8% lit | May 15: Waning crescent, 3% lit | May 16: New Moon, 0% lit |
| May 17: Waxing crescent, 1% lit | May 18: Waxing crescent, 4% lit | May 19: Waxing crescent, 10% lit | May 20: Waxing crescent, 19% lit | May 21: Waxing crescent, 29% lit | May 22: Waxing crescent, 40% lit | May 23: First quarter, 50% lit |
| May 24: Waxing gibbous, 61% lit | May 25: Waxing gibbous, 71% lit | May 26: Waxing gibbous, 79% lit | May 27: Waxing gibbous, 87% lit | May 28: Waxing gibbous, 93% lit | May 29: Waxing gibbous, 97% lit | May 30: Waxing gibbous, 99% lit |
| May 31: Full Moon, 100% lit |