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Moon phase calendar May 2026

Day	Phase	Illum.	Age	Rise (Tokyo)	Set (Tokyo)
1 Fri	Full moon	100%	13.6	18:12	04:06
2 Sat	Full moon 02:23	100%	14.6	19:13	04:35
3 Sun	Full moon	98%	15.6	20:13	05:09
4 Mon	Waning gibbous	95%	16.6	21:11	05:47
5 Tue	Waning gibbous	90%	17.6	22:05	06:32
6 Wed	Waning gibbous	83%	18.6	22:53	07:23
7 Thu	Waning gibbous	76%	19.6	23:35	08:19
8 Fri	Last quarter	67%	20.6	–	09:19
9 Sat	Last quarter	58%	21.6	00:11	10:20
10 Sun	Last quarter 06:10	48%	22.6	00:42	11:22
11 Mon	Last quarter	38%	23.6	01:10	12:25
12 Tue	Waning crescent	28%	24.6	01:37	13:29
13 Wed	Waning crescent	18%	25.6	02:02	14:34
14 Thu	Waning crescent	10%	26.6	02:30	15:43
15 Fri	Waning crescent	4%	27.6	03:00	16:56
16 Sat	New moon	1%	28.6	03:35	18:13
17 Sun	New moon 05:01	0%	0.3	04:17	19:31
18 Mon	New moon	3%	1.3	05:10	20:45
19 Tue	Waxing crescent	8%	2.3	06:13	21:50
20 Wed	Waxing crescent	16%	3.3	07:24	22:44
21 Thu	Waxing crescent	25%	4.3	08:38	23:26
22 Fri	First quarter	36%	5.3	09:51	–
23 Sat	First quarter 20:10	46%	6.3	10:59	00:01
24 Sun	First quarter	57%	7.3	12:04	00:30
25 Mon	First quarter	67%	8.3	13:06	00:56
26 Tue	Waxing gibbous	76%	9.3	14:06	01:21
27 Wed	Waxing gibbous	84%	10.3	15:06	01:45
28 Thu	Waxing gibbous	90%	11.3	16:05	02:10
29 Fri	Waxing gibbous	95%	12.3	17:06	02:38
30 Sat	Full moon	98%	13.3	18:06	03:10
31 Sun	Full moon 17:45	100%	14.3	19:04	03:46

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (JST). Illumination and age are for 12:00 JST; moonrise and moonset are for Tokyo. Distances are centre to centre. "Supermoon" is not a formal astronomical term.

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Daily moon phase, illumination, age and Tokyo moonrise/moonset for May 2026. Full moon: May 2, May 31 (402,000 km away).