Moon phases, May 2026

Full Moon 1 May, 17:23 UTC · Last Quarter 9 May, 21:10 UTC · New Moon 16 May, 20:01 UTC · First Quarter 23 May, 11:10 UTC · Full Moon 31 May, 08:45 UTC

The full Moon of 1 May is traditionally called the Flower Moon. It is 402,000 km from Earth.

The full Moon of 31 May is traditionally called the Flower Moon, though as the month's second full Moon it is also a "blue Moon". It is 406,135 km from Earth, far enough to be a micromoon.

1 100% Full Moon

2 99%

3 97%

4 93%

5 87%

6 81%

7 73%

8 64%

9 54% Last Quarter

10 44%

11 34%

12 24%

13 15%

14 8%

15 3%

16 0% New Moon

17 1%

18 4%

19 11%

20 19%

21 29%

22 40%

23 50% First Quarter

24 61%

25 71%

26 79%

27 87%

28 93%

29 97%

30 99%

31 100% Full Moon

Illumination at 12:00 UTC each day, drawn as seen from the northern hemisphere. For moonrise and moonset where you are, open your city page.

Full Moon times around the world

Phase	New York	London	Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Full Moon	Fri 1 May 13:23	Fri 1 May 18:23	Fri 1 May 22:53	Sat 2 May 02:23	Sat 2 May 03:23
Last Quarter	Sat 9 May 17:10	Sat 9 May 22:10	Sun 10 May 02:40	Sun 10 May 06:10	Sun 10 May 07:10
New Moon	Sat 16 May 16:01	Sat 16 May 21:01	Sun 17 May 01:31	Sun 17 May 05:01	Sun 17 May 06:01
First Quarter	Sat 23 May 07:10	Sat 23 May 12:10	Sat 23 May 16:40	Sat 23 May 20:10	Sat 23 May 21:10
Full Moon	Sun 31 May 04:45	Sun 31 May 09:45	Sun 31 May 14:15	Sun 31 May 17:45	Sun 31 May 18:45

Also in the sky in May 2026

Mon 4 May, 22:20 UTC Moon at apogee 405,816 km
Wed 6 May, 09:13 UTC Eta Aquariids peak (up to 50/h; Moon 81%)
Thu 14 May, 14:24 UTC Mercury at superior conjunction
Sun 17 May, 13:37 UTC Moon at perigee 358,082 km
Tue 19 May, 02:02 UTC Moon and Venus 2.9° apart
Fri 22 May, 14:26 UTC Uranus conjunction with the Sun

Close approaches are geocentric separations under 3°; from your location the Moon's position can differ by up to about 1°.