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Big Bend, Eswatini — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 56.9%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 6:48:50 am
Moon Direction: 291° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 72.3°
Moon Distance: 246,448 mi
Next New Moon: May 16, 2026, 10:01 pm
Next Full Moon: May 31, 2026, 10:45 am
Next Moonset: Today, 12:28 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Big Bend, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 5:54 am (251°) 4:59 pm (111°) 11:51 pm (83.4°) 250,038 99.8%
2 - 6:50 am (246°) 5:35 pm (116°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 7:46 am (242°) 6:16 pm (119°) 12:38 am (87.2°) 251,193 98.4%
4 - 8:42 am (239°) 7:02 pm (121°) 1:27 am (89.9°) 251,935 95.2%
5 - 9:35 am (238°) 7:53 pm (122°) 2:18 am (88.8°) 252,175 90.3%
6 - 10:25 am (239°) 8:47 pm (121°) 3:10 am (88.9°) 251,820 83.8%
7 - 11:11 am (241°) 9:43 pm (118°) 4:00 am (89.6°) 250,791 76.0%
8 - 11:52 am (244°) 10:40 pm (114°) 4:50 am (86.8°) 249,045 67.1%
9 - 12:28 pm (249°) 11:37 pm (108°) 5:37 am (82.9°) 246,580 57.4%
10 - 1:02 pm (255°) - 6:23 am (77.9°) 243,468 47.1%
11 12:34 am (102°) 1:34 pm (261°) - 7:07 am (72.2°) 239,838 36.7%
12 1:32 am (95°) 2:05 pm (269°) - 7:52 am (65.8°) 235,907 26.5%
13 2:31 am (88°) 2:38 pm (276°) - 8:38 am (59.0°) 231,949 17.1%
14 3:33 am (80°) 3:13 pm (283°) - 9:26 am (52.2°) 228,312 9.2%
15 4:39 am (73°) 3:53 pm (290°) - 10:19 am (45.8°) 225,325 3.5%
16 5:49 am (66°) 4:39 pm (296°) - 11:17 am (40.3°) 223,318 0.5%
17 7:02 am (61°) 5:34 pm (300°) - 12:20 pm (36.3°) 222,511 0.7%
18 8:15 am (58°) 6:37 pm (302°) - 1:26 pm (34.5°) 222,970 4.3%
19 9:22 am (58°) 7:46 pm (301°) - 2:33 pm (34.9°) 224,608 10.9%
20 10:21 am (61°) 8:56 pm (297°) - 3:37 pm (37.4°) 227,190 19.7%
21 11:10 am (65°) 10:04 pm (292°) - 4:35 pm (41.7°) 230,407 30.1%
22 11:51 am (71°) 11:08 pm (286°) - 5:27 pm (47.1°) 233,919 41.2%
23 12:27 pm (78°) - - 6:14 pm (53.1°) 237,461 52.4%
24 - 12:08 am (279°) 12:59 pm (84°) 6:59 pm (59.3°) 240,803 63.1%
25 - 1:05 am (272°) 1:28 pm (91°) 7:41 pm (65.6°) 243,807 72.9%
26 - 2:00 am (265°) 1:58 pm (98°) 8:23 pm (71.6°) 246,383 81.4%
27 - 2:54 am (259°) 2:28 pm (104°) 9:05 pm (77.1°) 248,505 88.6%
28 - 3:48 am (253°) 3:00 pm (110°) 9:49 pm (82.1°) 250,164 94.1%
29 - 4:44 am (247°) 3:35 pm (115°) 10:35 pm (86.1°) 251,376 97.8%
30 - 5:40 am (243°) 4:15 pm (118°) 11:23 pm (89.1°) 252,151 99.6%
31 - 6:36 am (240°) 4:59 pm (121°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Big Bend. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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