Skip to content
MoonPhaseToday

Moon phases May 2021

Last quarter
Mon 03 May
19:50 UTC
New moon
Tue 11 May
19:00 UTC
First quarter
Wed 19 May
19:13 UTC
Full · Flower
Wed 26 May
11:14 UTC

In May 2021 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Monday, May 3 at 19:50 UTC, the New Moon on Tuesday, May 11 at 19:00 UTC, the First Quarter on Wednesday, May 19 at 19:13 UTC and the Full Moon on Wednesday, May 26 at 11:14 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 02 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 03Last Q Last Quarter, 54% lit 54%19:50 04 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 05 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 06 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 07 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 08 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 09 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 10 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 11New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:00 12 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 13 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 14 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 15 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 16 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 17 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 18 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37% 19First Q First Quarter, 47% lit 47%19:13 20 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:14 27 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 28 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 29 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 30 Waning Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 31 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69%

Exact phase times

May 2021 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on May 3, the New Moon on May 11, the First Quarter on May 19 and the Full Moon on May 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterMonday, May 3, 202119:50
New MoonTuesday, May 11, 202119:00
First QuarterWednesday, May 19, 202119:13
Full MoonWednesday, May 26, 202111:14

Wednesday, May 26, 2021: Flower Moon, 357,454 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearTotal lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2021

Twelve full moons, one blue

28 Jan Wolf 27 Feb Snow 28 Mar Worm Supermoon 27 Apr Pink Supermoon 26 May Flower total eclipse 24 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 24 Jul Buck 22 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 20 Sept Harvest 20 Oct Hunter’s 19 Nov Beaver partial eclipse 19 Dec Cold Micromoon