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Lunar phase today Des moines

Lunar Day 30

Moon phase today May 2, 2026

What is moon today in Des moines?

Today's lunar phase in Des moines, United States, the moon is in 🌕 the Full Moon phase, with 99.54% illumination, with an age of 15.4 days. The current distance between Des moines, United States and the moon is 403,243.16km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 41.5739 and longitude -93.6167 also base on Time zone America/Chicago because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Saturday, May 2, 2026
04:53:52 AM
Lunar Day 30
Full Moon
99.54%
Des moines
United States
  • Location:
    United States, Des moines
  • Moon phase:
    🌕 Full Moon
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    15.4
  • Illumination:
    99.54%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    21:46/06:12
  • Altitude:
    11.39°
  • Period:
    🕑 15 Hours and 34 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.3°
  • Distance to Des moines:
    403,243.16km
  • Next full Moon:
    May 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    1 Days, 17 Hours and 53 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

May 3, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Full Moon
Illumination: 97.93%
Rise
22:47
Set
06:45
May 4, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 94.37%
Rise
23:44
Set
07:26
May 5, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 89.21%
Rise
00:00
Set
08:13
May 6, 2026
Lunar Day 18
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 82.66%
Rise
00:33
Set
09:09
May 7, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 74.91%
Rise
01:16
Set
10:10
May 8, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Last Quarter
Illumination: 66.17%
Rise
01:50
Set
11:15
May 9, 2026
Lunar Day 21
Last Quarter
Illumination: 56.69%
Rise
02:19
Set
12:20

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, 202606:4722:050.76%0.82
🌓 First QuarterThursday, April 23, 202611:4102:2739.87%6.42
🌕 Full MoonThursday, April 30, 202619:3705:2197.83%13.38
🌗 Last QuarterFriday, May 8, 202601:5011:1566.17%20.6

Moon Phase Calendar for May, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
     
1Full Moon🌕 99.76%Age 14.3
2Full Moon🌕 99.77%Age 15.22
3Full Moon🌕 97.93%Age 16.12
4Waning Gibbous🌖 94.37%Age 17.02
5Waning Gibbous🌖 89.21%Age 17.91
6Waning Gibbous🌖 82.66%Age 18.8
7Waning Gibbous🌖 74.91%Age 19.7
8Last Quarter🌗 66.17%Age 20.6
9Last Quarter🌗 56.69%Age 21.52
10Last Quarter🌗 46.73%Age 22.46
11Last Quarter🌗 36.62%Age 23.42
12Waning Crescent🌘 26.74%Age 24.42
13Waning Crescent🌘 17.6%Age 25.46
14Waning Crescent🌘 9.78%Age 26.54
15Waning Crescent🌘 3.92%Age 27.66
16New Moon🌑 0.59%Age 28.8
17New Moon🌑 0.22%Age 0.44
18New Moon🌑 2.9%Age 1.61
19Waxing Crescent🌒 8.43%Age 2.77
20Waxing Crescent🌒 16.29%Age 3.9
21Waxing Crescent🌒 25.82%Age 5.01
22First Quarter🌓 36.34%Age 6.08
23First Quarter🌓 47.19%Age 7.12
24First Quarter🌓 57.85%Age 8.12
25First Quarter🌓 67.87%Age 9.1
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 76.92%Age 10.06
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 84.73%Age 10.99
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 91.07%Age 11.91
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.79%Age 12.82
30Full Moon🌕 98.78%Age 13.73
31Full Moon🌕 99.98%Age 14.62