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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:28:39 pm
Moon Direction: 238° Southwest
Moon Altitude: -10.5°
Moon Distance: 246,600 mi
Next New Moon: May 17, 2026, 6:01 am
Next Full Moon: May 31, 2026, 6:45 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 11:08 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Sydney, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 5:49 am (251°) 4:38 pm (111°) 11:39 pm (74.8°) 249,579 99.8%
2 - 6:49 am (246°) 5:09 pm (117°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 7:48 am (241°) 5:46 pm (121°) 12:25 am (78.9°) 250,851 99.1%
4 - 8:47 am (237°) 6:28 pm (123°) 1:14 am (82.0°) 251,741 96.5%
5 - 9:43 am (236°) 7:16 pm (124°) 2:04 am (83.7°) 252,157 92.1%
6 - 10:34 am (236°) 8:10 pm (124°) 2:56 am (84.1°) 252,009 86.1%
7 - 11:20 am (238°) 9:07 pm (121°) 3:47 am (83.1°) 251,210 78.7%
8 - 11:59 am (241°) 10:07 pm (117°) 4:36 am (80.7°) 249,704 70.1%
9 - 12:34 pm (246°) 11:08 pm (112°) 5:24 am (77.1°) 247,474 60.7%
10 - 1:05 pm (252°) - 6:11 am (72.5°) 244,564 50.5%
11 12:09 am (105°) 1:33 pm (258°) - 6:56 am (67.0°) 241,088 40.1%
12 1:11 am (98°) 2:00 pm (266°) - 7:40 am (60.8°) 237,226 29.8%
13 2:14 am (90°) 2:28 pm (274°) - 8:25 am (54.1°) 233,243 20.1%
14 3:20 am (82°) 2:57 pm (282°) - 9:13 am (47.3°) 229,460 11.6%
15 4:29 am (74°) 3:30 pm (290°) - 10:04 am (40.7°) 226,223 5.1%
16 5:43 am (66°) 4:10 pm (296°) - 11:00 am (34.9°) 223,860 1.1%
17 7:00 am (60°) 4:58 pm (302°) - 12:01 pm (30.3°) 222,639 0.3%
18 8:16 am (56°) 5:56 pm (304°) - 1:07 pm (27.7°) 222,679 2.8%
19 9:26 am (55°) 7:03 pm (304°) - 2:14 pm (27.4°) 223,947 8.4%
20 10:26 am (57°) 8:16 pm (301°) - 3:19 pm (29.3°) 226,249 16.6%
21 11:15 am (62°) 9:29 pm (296°) - 4:19 pm (33.0°) 229,294 26.5%
22 11:55 am (67°) 10:39 pm (290°) - 5:13 pm (38.0°) 232,739 37.5%
23 12:28 pm (74°) 11:44 pm (282°) - 6:02 pm (43.9°) 236,301 48.7%
24 12:56 pm (82°) - - 6:47 pm (50.1°) 239,727 59.6%
25 - 12:46 am (275°) 1:22 pm (89°) 7:30 pm (56.4°) 242,857 69.7%
26 - 1:46 am (267°) 1:47 pm (96°) 8:12 pm (62.5°) 245,579 78.8%
27 - 2:45 am (260°) 2:13 pm (103°) 8:54 pm (68.2°) 247,854 86.4%
28 - 3:43 am (253°) 2:40 pm (109°) 9:37 pm (73.3°) 249,664 92.4%
29 - 4:42 am (247°) 3:11 pm (115°) 10:22 pm (77.7°) 251,024 96.7%
30 - 5:41 am (242°) 3:46 pm (119°) 11:10 pm (81.1°) 251,942 99.2%
31 - 6:40 am (238°) 4:26 pm (123°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Sydney. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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