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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 2024 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for May 2024, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Waning Gibbous54%
May 2Waning Crescent43%
May 3Waning Crescent32%
May 4Waning Crescent21%
May 5Waning Crescent12%
May 6Waning Crescent6%
May 7Waning Crescent1%
May 8New Moon0%
May 9Waxing Crescent1%
May 10Waxing Crescent5%
May 11Waxing Crescent11%
May 12Waxing Crescent19%
May 13Waxing Crescent28%
May 14Waxing Crescent37%
May 15Waxing Crescent47%
May 16Waxing Gibbous56%
May 17Waxing Gibbous65%
May 18Waxing Gibbous74%
May 19Waxing Gibbous82%
May 20Waxing Gibbous89%
May 21Waxing Gibbous94%
May 22Waxing Gibbous98%
May 23Full Moon100%
May 24Full Moon100%
May 25Waning Gibbous97%
May 26Waning Gibbous93%
May 27Waning Gibbous86%
May 28Waning Gibbous78%
May 29Waning Gibbous68%
May 30Waning Gibbous57%
May 31Waning Crescent45%
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