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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 2042 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

Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon
First 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 2042, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Waxing Gibbous85%
May 2Waxing Gibbous91%
May 3Waxing Gibbous96%
May 4Waxing Gibbous99%
May 5Full Moon100%
May 6Full Moon99%
May 7Waning Gibbous97%
May 8Waning Gibbous92%
May 9Waning Gibbous86%
May 10Waning Gibbous78%
May 11Waning Gibbous68%
May 12Waning Gibbous58%
May 13Waning Crescent47%
May 14Waning Crescent35%
May 15Waning Crescent25%
May 16Waning Crescent15%
May 17Waning Crescent8%
May 18Waning Crescent3%
May 19New Moon0%
May 20New Moon1%
May 21Waxing Crescent4%
May 22Waxing Crescent9%
May 23Waxing Crescent17%
May 24Waxing Crescent25%
May 25Waxing Crescent34%
May 26Waxing Crescent44%
May 27Waxing Gibbous54%
May 28Waxing Gibbous63%
May 29Waxing Gibbous72%
May 30Waxing Gibbous80%
May 31Waxing Gibbous87%
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