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Lunar phase today Canberra

Lunar Day 2

Moon phase today May 18, 2026

What is moon today in Canberra?

Today's lunar phase in Canberra, AUSTRALIA, the moon is in 🌒 the Waxing Crescent phase, with 4.13% illumination, with an age of 1.92 days. The current distance between Canberra, AUSTRALIA and the moon is 363,334.75km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -35.2809368 and longitude 149.1300092 also base on Time zone Australia/Sydney because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Monday, May 18, 2026
09:28:40 PM
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
4.13%
Canberra
AUSTRALIA
  • Location:
    AUSTRALIA, Canberra
  • Moon phase:
    🌒 Waxing Crescent
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    1.92
  • Illumination:
    4.13%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    08:29/18:00
  • Altitude:
    8.84°
  • Period:
    🕑 9 Hours and 31 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    31.41°
  • Distance to Canberra:
    363,334.75km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    11 Days, 18 Hours and 22 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 19, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 4.66%
Rise
09:40
Set
19:08
May 20, 2026
Lunar Day 3
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 11.13%
Rise
10:39
Set
20:20
May 21, 2026
Lunar Day 4
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 19.7%
Rise
11:28
Set
21:35
May 22, 2026
Lunar Day 5
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 29.69%
Rise
12:06
Set
22:45
May 23, 2026
Lunar Day 6
First Quarter
Illumination: 40.4%
Rise
12:38
Set
23:52
May 24, 2026
Lunar Day 7
First Quarter
Illumination: 51.23%
Rise
13:06
Set
00:00
May 25, 2026
Lunar Day 8
First Quarter
Illumination: 61.7%
Rise
13:32
Set
00:55

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonMonday, May 18, 202608:2918:000.87%0.88
🌓 First QuarterSaturday, May 23, 202612:3823:5240.4%6.47
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, May 30, 202615:5105:5497.12%13.16
🌗 Last QuarterSunday, June 7, 202623:0811:4568.24%20.39

Moon Phase Calendar for May, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1Full Moon🌕 98.78%Age 13.72
2Full Moon🌕 99.98%Age 14.65
3Full Moon🌕 99.29%Age 15.56
4Full Moon🌕 96.79%Age 16.46
5Waning Gibbous🌖 92.61%Age 17.35
6Waning Gibbous🌖 86.91%Age 18.25
7Waning Gibbous🌖 79.88%Age 19.14
8Waning Gibbous🌖 71.74%Age 20.03
9Last Quarter🌗 62.69%Age 20.94
10Last Quarter🌗 53%Age 21.87
11Last Quarter🌗 42.94%Age 22.81
12Last Quarter🌗 32.86%Age 23.79
13Waning Crescent🌘 23.2%Age 24.81
14Waning Crescent🌘 14.48%Age 25.86
15Waning Crescent🌘 7.32%Age 26.96
16New Moon🌑 2.35%Age 28.08
17New Moon🌑 0.1%Age 29.24
18New Moon🌑 0.87%Age 0.88
19Waxing Crescent🌒 4.66%Age 2.05
20Waxing Crescent🌒 11.13%Age 3.2
21Waxing Crescent🌒 19.7%Age 4.32
22Waxing Crescent🌒 29.69%Age 5.42
23First Quarter🌓 40.4%Age 6.47
24First Quarter🌓 51.23%Age 7.5
25First Quarter🌓 61.7%Age 8.49
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 71.4%Age 9.46
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 80.01%Age 10.41
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 87.29%Age 11.34
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 93.04%Age 12.26
30Full Moon🌕 97.12%Age 13.16
31Full Moon🌕 99.44%Age 14.06