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Fairfield, Iowa, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 56.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:24:06 am
Moon Direction: 100° East
Moon Altitude: -19.5°
Moon Distance: 246,381 mi
Next New Moon: May 16, 2026, 3:01 pm
Next Full Moon: May 31, 2026, 3:45 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 2:10 am

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 5:39 am (245°) 8:32 pm (118°) 12:37 am (30.9°) 249,095 99.6%
2 - 6:07 am (239°) 9:36 pm (124°) 1:23 am (26.5°) 250,476 99.6%
3 - 6:40 am (235°) 10:37 pm (127°) 2:10 am (23.1°) 251,499 97.5%
4 - 7:21 am (232°) 11:34 pm (129°) 3:00 am (20.9°) 252,079 93.7%
5 - 8:09 am (231°) - 3:52 am (20.1°) 252,124 88.2%
6 12:23 am (128°) 9:04 am (232°) - 4:43 am (20.6°) 251,545 81.2%
7 1:06 am (126°) 10:05 am (236°) - 5:33 am (22.6°) 250,272 73.0%
8 1:41 am (122°) 11:09 am (241°) - 6:22 am (25.7°) 248,277 63.8%
9 2:10 am (116°) 12:15 pm (247°) - 7:09 am (30.0°) 245,577 53.9%
10 2:36 am (109°) 1:21 pm (254°) - 7:54 am (35.2°) 242,269 43.5%
11 2:59 am (101°) 2:28 pm (262°) - 8:38 am (41.2°) 238,504 33.1%
12 3:21 am (93°) 3:37 pm (271°) - 9:23 am (47.7°) 234,532 23.1%
13 3:43 am (84°) 4:49 pm (280°) - 10:10 am (54.4°) 230,643 14.2%
14 4:08 am (76°) 6:05 pm (289°) - 10:59 am (61.1°) 227,195 6.9%
15 4:36 am (67°) 7:25 pm (297°) - 11:54 am (67.3°) 224,509 2.1%
16 5:12 am (60°) 8:48 pm (304°) - 12:53 pm (72.4°) 222,898 0.2%
17 5:57 am (54°) 10:06 pm (308°) - 1:58 pm (75.7°) 222,526 1.6%
18 6:55 am (52°) 11:16 pm (308°) - 3:05 pm (76.8°) 223,411 6.3%
19 8:04 am (52°) - - 4:11 pm (75.6°) 225,406 13.7%
20 - 12:11 am (305°) 9:20 am (56°) 5:13 pm (72.4°) 228,245 23.2%
21 - 12:54 am (300°) 10:37 am (62°) 6:09 pm (67.7°) 231,596 33.9%
22 - 1:27 am (293°) 11:52 am (70°) 6:59 pm (62.1°) 235,148 45.1%
23 - 1:54 am (286°) 1:02 pm (78°) 7:46 pm (56.0°) 238,642 56.1%
24 - 2:17 am (278°) 2:09 pm (86°) 8:29 pm (49.7°) 241,882 66.6%
25 - 2:38 am (270°) 3:13 pm (95°) 9:11 pm (43.5°) 244,743 76.0%
26 - 2:58 am (262°) 4:17 pm (102°) 9:53 pm (37.7°) 247,166 84.1%
27 - 3:19 am (254°) 5:20 pm (110°) 10:35 pm (32.4°) 249,127 90.7%
28 - 3:43 am (247°) 6:24 pm (116°) 11:20 pm (27.8°) 250,632 95.5%
29 - 4:09 am (241°) 7:27 pm (122°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
30 - 4:41 am (236°) 8:29 pm (126°) 12:07 am (24.1°) 251,692 98.6%
31 - 5:19 am (233°) 9:28 pm (128°) 12:56 am (21.6°) 252,317 99.8%
* All times are local time for Fairfield. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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