MoonPhases

May 2026 · Thursday · 4 months ago

14 May 2026

Waning Crescent

8% illuminated and waning, 27.0 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 14 May 2026: Waning Crescent, 8% illuminated

Ephemeris for 14 May 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
8.0%
Lunar age
27.0 days
Elongation
327.4°
Distance
366,444 km
Distance (mi)
227,697 mi
Apparent size
32.6′
Constellation
Aries
Libration lat
4.6° S
Libration lon
6.0° W

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
London03:3910:3918:0048.8°
New York03:5510:4517:4961.1°
Chicago03:4910:4117:4960.2°
Denver04:0310:5317:5862.7°
Los Angeles04:0410:4817:4368.7°
Mexico City04:0110:2917:0383.2°
São Paulo03:5809:5215:3954.1°
Berlin03:4310:4318:0547.5°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
New Moon16 May 202620:01in 2 days
First Quarter23 May 202611:11in 9 days
Full Moon31 May 202608:45in 17 days
Last Quarter8 June 202610:00in 25 days