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Lunar phase today New South Wales

Lunar Day 46

Moon phase today May 12, 2026

What is moon today in New South Wales?

Today's lunar phase in New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, the moon is in 🌗 the Last Quarter phase, with 31.54% illumination, with an age of 23.93 days. The current distance between New South Wales, AUSTRALIA and the moon is 384,343.75km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -33.8688197 and longitude 151.2092955 also base on Time zone Australia/Sydney because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
03:12:18 AM
Lunar Day 46
Last Quarter
31.54%
New South Wales
AUSTRALIA
  • Location:
    AUSTRALIA, New South Wales
  • Moon phase:
    🌗 Last Quarter
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    23.93
  • Illumination:
    31.54%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    01:11/14:01
  • Altitude:
    23.26°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 50 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.69°
  • Distance to New South Wales:
    384,343.75km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    18 Days, 12 Hours and 34 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 13, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 23.2%
Rise
02:14
Set
14:28
May 14, 2026
Lunar Day 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 14.48%
Rise
03:20
Set
14:58
May 15, 2026
Lunar Day 26
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 7.32%
Rise
04:29
Set
15:31
May 16, 2026
Lunar Day 28
New Moon
Illumination: 2.35%
Rise
05:43
Set
16:10
May 17, 2026
Lunar Day 29
New Moon
Illumination: 0.1%
Rise
07:00
Set
16:58
May 18, 2026
Lunar Day 0
New Moon
Illumination: 0.87%
Rise
08:16
Set
17:56
May 19, 2026
Lunar Day 2
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 4.66%
Rise
09:26
Set
19:04

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 MoonSaturday, April 18, 202606:5517:390.01%0.11
🌓 First QuarterThursday, April 23, 202612:3522:3132.97%5.75
🌕 Full MoonFriday, May 1, 202616:3805:4998.78%13.72
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, May 9, 202623:0812:3462.69%20.94

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