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Lunar phase today Portsmouth

Lunar Day 36

Moon phase today May 6, 2026

What is moon today in Portsmouth?

Today's lunar phase in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, the moon is in 🌖 the Waning Gibbous phase, with 82.85% illumination, with an age of 18.78 days. The current distance between Portsmouth, United Kingdom and the moon is 404,326.05km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 50.816667 and longitude -1.083333 also base on Time zone Europe/London because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
05:21:14 AM
Lunar Day 36
Waning Gibbous
82.85%
Portsmouth
United Kingdom
  • Location:
    United Kingdom, Portsmouth
  • Moon phase:
    🌖 Waning Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    18.78
  • Illumination:
    82.85%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    01:04/07:53
  • Altitude:
    10.36°
  • Period:
    🕑 6 Hours and 49 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.22°
  • Distance to Portsmouth:
    404,326.05km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 30, 2026 at 8:59 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    24 Days, 15 Hours and 37 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 7, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 76.95%
Rise
01:43
Set
08:58
May 8, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Last Quarter
Illumination: 68.44%
Rise
02:12
Set
10:09
May 9, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 59.12%
Rise
02:34
Set
11:24
May 10, 2026
Lunar Day 22
Last Quarter
Illumination: 49.25%
Rise
02:51
Set
12:40
May 11, 2026
Lunar Day 23
Last Quarter
Illumination: 39.14%
Rise
03:05
Set
13:57
May 12, 2026
Lunar Day 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 29.16%
Rise
03:18
Set
15:15
May 13, 2026
Lunar Day 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 19.79%
Rise
03:31
Set
16:37

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, 202606:0022:100.32%0.53
🌓 First QuarterThursday, April 23, 202610:2802:5137.09%6.15
🌕 Full MoonThursday, April 30, 202619:3304:4797.05%13.14
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, May 8, 202602:1210:0968.44%20.37

Moon Phase Calendar for May, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1Full Moon🌕 99.46%Age 14.07
2Full Moon🌕 99.94%Age 14.99
3Full Moon🌕 98.56%Age 15.9
4Waning Gibbous🌖 95.41%Age 16.79
5Waning Gibbous🌖 90.64%Age 17.69
6Waning Gibbous🌖 84.42%Age 18.58
7Waning Gibbous🌖 76.95%Age 19.47
8Last Quarter🌗 68.44%Age 20.37
9Last Quarter🌗 59.12%Age 21.29
10Last Quarter🌗 49.25%Age 22.22
11Last Quarter🌗 39.14%Age 23.18
12Waning Crescent🌘 29.16%Age 24.17
13Waning Crescent🌘 19.79%Age 25.2
14Waning Crescent🌘 11.58%Age 26.27
15Waning Crescent🌘 5.17%Age 27.38
16New Moon🌑 1.16%Age 28.52
17New Moon🌑 0.02%Age 0.15
18New Moon🌑 1.95%Age 1.32
19Waxing Crescent🌒 6.8%Age 2.48
20Waxing Crescent🌒 14.14%Age 3.62
21Waxing Crescent🌒 23.32%Age 4.74
22First Quarter🌓 33.65%Age 5.82
23First Quarter🌓 44.48%Age 6.86
24First Quarter🌓 55.23%Age 7.87
25First Quarter🌓 65.44%Age 8.86
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 74.77%Age 9.82
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 82.91%Age 10.76
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.63%Age 11.68
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 94.77%Age 12.6
30Full Moon🌕 98.2%Age 13.5
31Full Moon🌕 99.85%Age 14.4