MoonPhases

May 2026 · Sunday · 4 months ago

17 May 2026

New Moon

1% illuminated and waxing, 0.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 17 May 2026: New Moon, 1% illuminated

Ephemeris for 17 May 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
New Moon
Illumination
0.9%
Lunar age
0.7 days
Elongation
9.5°
Distance
358,069 km
Distance (mi)
222,494 mi
Apparent size
33.4′
Constellation
Gemini
Libration lat
6.5° S
Libration lon
0.5° 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
London04:4713:3422:3764.4°
New York05:4413:4321:5075.9°
Chicago05:3613:4021:5274.8°
Denver05:5613:5221:5677.1°
Los Angeles06:1013:4821:3082.9°
Mexico City06:3013:2820:2882.3°
São Paulo07:2412:4818:1039.0°
Berlin04:4513:3722:4763.2°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
First Quarter23 May 202611:11in 6 days
Full Moon31 May 202608:45in 14 days
Last Quarter8 June 202610:00in 22 days
New Moon15 June 202602:54in 29 days