MoonPhases

May 2026 · Friday · 4 months ago

15 May 2026

Waning Crescent

3% illuminated and waning, 28.0 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 15 May 2026: Waning Crescent, 3% illuminated

Ephemeris for 15 May 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
2.8%
Lunar age
28.0 days
Elongation
341.2°
Distance
362,033 km
Distance (mi)
224,957 mi
Apparent size
33.0′
Constellation
Taurus
Libration lat
5.7° S
Libration lon
4.4° 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
London03:5511:3219:3255.2°
New York04:2411:3919:0967.3°
Chicago04:1711:3619:1066.4°
Denver04:3311:4819:1768.8°
Los Angeles04:3911:4318:5874.8°
Mexico City04:4411:2318:0889.4°
São Paulo05:0310:4516:2247.8°
Berlin03:5711:3619:3953.9°

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 202620:01tomorrow
First Quarter23 May 202611:11in 8 days
Full Moon31 May 202608:45in 16 days
Last Quarter8 June 202610:00in 24 days