Daily Moon Almanac for Essex,Massachusetts
Sunday   05/10/2026
02:13 am
MOONRISE		 07:27 am
APEX (Transit)		 12:50 pm
MOONSET
44.0%
Illumination at Apex		 Last Quarter
Moon Phase		 242,530
Distance in miles
May's full moon is called the Flower Moon
Essex,Massachusetts - Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phase Calendar
May 2026
DateMoonriseApex
(Transit)		MoonsetMoonriseApex
(Transit)		DistancePhaseIllumination
112:10 am 05:09 am 08:09 pm 248,605 Full Moon
01:24 pm 		100.0%
212:56 am 05:36 am 09:14 pm 250,291Full Moon 99.8%
301:43 am 06:08 am 10:16 pm 251,416Waning Gibbous 97.9%
402:33 am 06:47 am 11:14 pm 251,935Waning Gibbous 94.1%
503:24 am 07:35 am 251,823Waning Gibbous 88.6%
612:04 am 04:16 am 08:30 am 251,077Waning Gibbous 81.7%
712:46 am 05:06 am 09:31 am 249,715Waning Gibbous 73.5%
801:20 am 05:55 am 10:36 am 247,781Waning Gibbous 64.3%
901:49 am 06:42 am 11:43 am 245,351 Last Quarter
05:11 pm 		50.0%
DateMoonriseApex
(Transit)		MoonsetMoonriseApex
(Transit)		DistancePhaseIllumination
1002:13 am 07:27 am 12:50 pm 242,530Last Quarter 44.0%
1102:35 am 08:11 am 01:59 pm 239,458Waning Crescent 33.6%
1202:56 am 08:56 am 03:09 pm 236,304Waning Crescent 23.6%
1303:17 am 09:43 am 04:22 pm 233,257Waning Crescent 14.6%
1403:40 am 10:32 am 05:40 pm 230,514Waning Crescent 7.2%
1504:07 am 11:26 am 07:01 pm 228,262Waning Crescent 2.1%
1604:40 am 12:25 pm 08:25 pm 226,664 New Moon
04:01 pm 		0.0%
1705:23 am 01:30 pm 09:45 pm 225,841Waxing Crescent 1.2%
1806:19 am 02:37 pm 10:55 pm 225,856Waxing Crescent 5.7%
1907:28 am 03:43 pm 11:51 pm 226,703Waxing Crescent 13.0%
DateMoonriseApex
(Transit)		MoonsetMoonriseApex
(Transit)		DistancePhaseIllumination
2008:45 am 04:45 pm 228,309Waxing Crescent 22.4%
2112:33 am 10:04 am 05:42 pm 230,545Waxing Crescent 33.1%
2201:05 am 11:20 am 06:32 pm 233,245First Quarter 44.3%
2301:31 am 12:31 pm 07:19 pm 236,228 First Quarter
07:11 am 		50.0%
2401:53 am 01:40 pm 08:02 pm 239,309Waxing Gibbous 65.9%
2502:13 am 02:46 pm 08:44 pm 242,313Waxing Gibbous 75.4%
2602:32 am 03:51 pm 09:26 pm 245,088Waxing Gibbous 83.7%
2702:52 am 04:55 pm 10:09 pm 247,504Waxing Gibbous 90.4%
2803:13 am 06:00 pm 10:53 pm 249,462Waxing Gibbous 95.4%
2903:39 am 07:05 pm 11:40 pm 250,888Full Moon 98.7%
3004:09 am 08:08 pm 251,388Full Moon 99.6%
3112:29 am 04:46 am 09:07 pm 251,732 Full Moon
04:46 am 		100.0%
Did you know?
 This month has 2 full moons.
This first full moon on the 1st is known as the Full Flower Moon.
This second full moon on the 31st is commonly named the Blue Moon.
The moon phase for today is Last Quarter.
The moon is 44.0% illuminated today.
The full moon of May is described by the Native Americans as the
   Full Flower Moon due to the abundance of flowering plants and trees.


May 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 FULL MOON
May 1
Apex: 12:10 am
Set: 05:09 am
Full Moon: 01:24 pm
Rise: 08:09 pm
Illumination: 100%
Distance: 248,605
2
May 2
Apex: 12:56 am
Set: 05:36 am
Rise: 09:14 pm
Illumination: 99.8%
Distance: 250,291
3
May 3
Apex: 01:43 am
Set: 06:08 am
Rise: 10:16 pm
Illumination: 97.9%
Distance: 251,416
4
May 4
Apex: 02:33 am
Set: 06:47 am
Rise: 11:14 pm
Illumination: 94.1%
Distance: 251,935
5
May 5
Apex: 03:24 am
Set: 07:35 am
Illumination: 88.6%
Distance: 251,823
6
May 6
Rise: 12:04 am
Apex: 04:16 am
Set: 08:30 am
Illumination: 81.7%
Distance: 251,077
7
May 7
Rise: 12:46 am
Apex: 05:06 am
Set: 09:31 am
Illumination: 73.5%
Distance: 249,715
8
May 8
Rise: 01:20 am
Apex: 05:55 am
Set: 10:36 am
Illumination: 64.3%
Distance: 247,781
9 LAST QTR
May 9
Rise: 01:49 am
Apex: 06:42 am
Set: 11:43 am
Last Qtr: 05:11 pm
Illumination: 50%
Distance: 245,351
10
May 10
Rise: 02:13 am
Apex: 07:27 am
Set: 12:50 pm
Illumination: 44.0%
Distance: 242,530
11
May 11
Rise: 02:35 am
Apex: 08:11 am
Set: 01:59 pm
Illumination: 33.6%
Distance: 239,458
12
May 12
Rise: 02:56 am
Apex: 08:56 am
Set: 03:09 pm
Illumination: 23.6%
Distance: 236,304
13
May 13
Rise: 03:17 am
Apex: 09:43 am
Set: 04:22 pm
Illumination: 14.6%
Distance: 233,257
14
May 14
Rise: 03:40 am
Apex: 10:32 am
Set: 05:40 pm
Illumination: 7.2%
Distance: 230,514
15
May 15
Rise: 04:07 am
Apex: 11:26 am
Set: 07:01 pm
Illumination: 2.1%
Distance: 228,262
16 NEW MOON
May 16
Rise: 04:40 am
Apex: 12:25 pm
New Moon: 04:01 pm
Set: 08:25 pm
Illumination: 0%
Distance: 226,664
17
May 17
Rise: 05:23 am
Apex: 01:30 pm
Set: 09:45 pm
Illumination: 1.2%
Distance: 225,841
18
May 18
Rise: 06:19 am
Apex: 02:37 pm
Set: 10:55 pm
Illumination: 5.7%
Distance: 225,856
19
May 19
Rise: 07:28 am
Apex: 03:43 pm
Set: 11:51 pm
Illumination: 13.0%
Distance: 226,703
20
May 20
Rise: 08:45 am
Apex: 04:45 pm
Illumination: 22.4%
Distance: 228,309
21
May 21
Set: 12:33 am
Rise: 10:04 am
Apex: 05:42 pm
Illumination: 33.1%
Distance: 230,545
22
May 22
Set: 01:05 am
Rise: 11:20 am
Apex: 06:32 pm
Illumination: 44.3%
Distance: 233,245
23 FIRST QTR
May 23
Set: 01:31 am
First Qtr: 07:11 am
Rise: 12:31 pm
Apex: 07:19 pm
Illumination: 50%
Distance: 236,228
24
May 24
Set: 01:53 am
Rise: 01:40 pm
Apex: 08:02 pm
Illumination: 65.9%
Distance: 239,309
25
May 25
Set: 02:13 am
Rise: 02:46 pm
Apex: 08:44 pm
Illumination: 75.4%
Distance: 242,313
26
May 26
Set: 02:32 am
Rise: 03:51 pm
Apex: 09:26 pm
Illumination: 83.7%
Distance: 245,088
27
May 27
Set: 02:52 am
Rise: 04:55 pm
Apex: 10:09 pm
Illumination: 90.4%
Distance: 247,504
28
May 28
Set: 03:13 am
Rise: 06:00 pm
Apex: 10:53 pm
Illumination: 95.4%
Distance: 249,462
29
May 29
Set: 03:39 am
Rise: 07:05 pm
Apex: 11:40 pm
Illumination: 98.7%
Distance: 250,888
30
May 30
Set: 04:09 am
Rise: 08:08 pm
Illumination: 99.6%
Distance: 251,388
31 FULL MOON
May 31
Apex: 12:29 am
Full Moon: 04:46 am
Set: 04:46 am
Rise: 09:07 pm
Illumination: 100%
Distance: 251,732