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Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 57.5%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 11:22:05 am
Moon Direction: 249° West
Moon Altitude: -6.7°
Moon Distance: 246,612 mi
Next New Moon: May 17, 2026, 4:01 am
Next Full Moon: May 31, 2026, 4:45 pm
Next Moonrise: Tomorrow, 1:25 am

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 4:33 am (249°) 6:58 pm (114°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
2 - 4:59 am (243°) 8:02 pm (120°) 12:03 am (30.0°) 249,716 99.8%
3 - 5:30 am (238°) 9:04 pm (125°) 12:49 am (26.0°) 250,955 98.9%
4 - 6:07 am (234°) 10:04 pm (127°) 1:38 am (23.1°) 251,803 96.1%
5 - 6:52 am (232°) 10:57 pm (128°) 2:28 am (21.5°) 252,169 91.6%
6 - 7:43 am (232°) 11:44 pm (127°) 3:20 am (21.2°) 251,961 85.4%
7 - 8:40 am (234°) - 4:11 am (22.4°) 251,096 77.9%
8 12:24 am (124°) 9:42 am (238°) - 5:00 am (24.9°) 249,519 69.3%
9 12:57 am (119°) 10:46 am (244°) - 5:48 am (28.5°) 247,221 59.7%
10 1:25 am (113°) 11:51 am (250°) - 6:34 am (33.2°) 244,250 49.5%
11 1:51 am (106°) 12:57 pm (258°) - 7:19 am (38.7°) 240,727 39.1%
12 2:14 am (98°) 2:04 pm (266°) - 8:04 am (45.0°) 236,842 28.8%
13 2:37 am (90°) 3:13 pm (275°) - 8:49 am (51.6°) 232,863 19.2%
14 3:01 am (81°) 4:26 pm (284°) - 9:37 am (58.4°) 229,118 10.9%
15 3:28 am (72°) 5:43 pm (292°) - 10:28 am (64.9°) 225,950 4.6%
16 4:00 am (64°) 7:03 pm (300°) - 11:25 am (70.7°) 223,689 0.9%
17 4:40 am (58°) 8:24 pm (305°) - 12:27 pm (75.1°) 222,587 0.4%
18 5:31 am (54°) 9:39 pm (308°) - 1:33 pm (77.6°) 222,750 3.2%
19 6:34 am (52°) 10:43 pm (307°) - 2:40 pm (77.7°) 224,129 9.1%
20 7:46 am (54°) 11:33 pm (303°) - 3:45 pm (75.6°) 226,515 17.5%
21 9:03 am (59°) - - 4:44 pm (71.7°) 229,615 27.6%
22 - 12:12 am (297°) 10:18 am (66°) 5:37 pm (66.5°) 233,083 38.6%
23 - 12:44 am (290°) 11:30 am (73°) 6:26 pm (60.6°) 236,642 49.8%
24 - 1:09 am (282°) 12:38 pm (82°) 7:11 pm (54.4°) 240,044 60.6%
25 - 1:32 am (274°) 1:43 pm (90°) 7:53 pm (48.2°) 243,139 70.7%
26 - 1:53 am (266°) 2:46 pm (98°) 8:35 pm (42.1°) 245,819 79.6%
27 - 2:15 am (259°) 3:48 pm (105°) 9:17 pm (36.5°) 248,049 87.0%
28 - 2:37 am (251°) 4:51 pm (112°) 10:01 pm (31.4°) 249,815 92.9%
29 - 3:03 am (245°) 5:54 pm (118°) 10:46 pm (27.2°) 251,132 97.1%
30 - 3:32 am (240°) 6:56 pm (123°) 11:34 pm (24.0°) 252,008 99.3%
31 - 4:07 am (235°) 7:57 pm (126°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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