MoonPhases

May 2026 · Saturday · 5 months ago

2 May 2026

Full Moon

99% illuminated and waning, 15.0 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 2 May 2026: Full Moon, 99% illuminated

Ephemeris for 2 May 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Full Moon
Illumination
99.3%
Lunar age
15.0 days
Elongation
188.6°
Distance
403,520 km
Distance (mi)
250,736 mi
Apparent size
29.6′
Constellation
Scorpio
Libration lat
6.4° N
Libration lon
1.7° E

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London21:5901:0305:1217.0°
New York21:2001:0805:5427.0°
Chicago21:2101:0505:4625.7°
Denver21:2601:1606:0427.6°
Los Angeles21:0301:1106:1433.2°
Mexico City20:0700:5206:2948.2°
São Paulo18:0500:1507:0987.7°
Berlin22:0801:0805:1316.1°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter9 May 202621:11in 7 days
New Moon16 May 202620:01in 14 days
First Quarter23 May 202611:11in 21 days
Full Moon31 May 202608:45in 29 days