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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 57.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:23:12 am
Moon Direction: 99° East
Moon Altitude: -21.5°
Moon Distance: 246,497 mi
Next New Moon: May 16, 2026, 4:01 pm
Next Full Moon: May 31, 2026, 4:45 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 2:20 am

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 5:51 am (246°) 8:40 pm (118°) 12:48 am (31.6°) 249,043 99.6%
2 - 6:20 am (240°) 9:44 pm (123°) 1:33 am (27.2°) 250,436 99.6%
3 - 6:53 am (235°) 10:45 pm (127°) 2:21 am (23.8°) 251,472 97.6%
4 - 7:34 am (233°) 11:42 pm (128°) 3:11 am (21.5°) 252,068 93.8%
5 - 8:22 am (232°) - 4:02 am (20.7°) 252,132 88.4%
6 12:32 am (128°) 9:17 am (233°) - 4:53 am (21.2°) 251,575 81.5%
7 1:14 am (125°) 10:17 am (236°) - 5:44 am (23.0°) 250,326 73.3%
8 1:50 am (121°) 11:21 am (241°) - 6:32 am (26.2°) 248,355 64.1%
9 2:20 am (116°) 12:26 pm (247°) - 7:19 am (30.4°) 245,677 54.2%
10 2:46 am (109°) 1:32 pm (254°) - 8:04 am (35.6°) 242,388 43.9%
11 3:09 am (102°) 2:39 pm (262°) - 8:49 am (41.5°) 238,635 33.5%
12 3:32 am (93°) 3:47 pm (271°) - 9:34 am (48.0°) 234,665 23.5%
13 3:55 am (85°) 4:58 pm (280°) - 10:20 am (54.8°) 230,767 14.5%
14 4:20 am (76°) 6:14 pm (289°) - 11:10 am (61.5°) 227,299 7.2%
15 4:49 am (68°) 7:33 pm (297°) - 12:04 pm (67.7°) 224,583 2.2%
16 5:24 am (60°) 8:55 pm (303°) - 1:03 pm (72.8°) 222,932 0.2%
17 6:10 am (55°) 10:14 pm (307°) - 2:08 pm (76.2°) 222,518 1.5%
18 7:07 am (52°) 11:23 pm (308°) - 3:15 pm (77.4°) 223,362 6.0%
19 8:16 am (53°) - - 4:21 pm (76.3°) 225,324 13.4%
20 - 12:19 am (305°) 9:32 am (56°) 5:23 pm (73.1°) 228,140 22.8%
21 - 1:03 am (300°) 10:48 am (62°) 6:19 pm (68.5°) 231,480 33.5%
22 - 1:37 am (293°) 12:02 pm (70°) 7:10 pm (62.8°) 235,029 44.7%
23 - 2:04 am (286°) 1:12 pm (78°) 7:56 pm (56.7°) 238,529 55.8%
24 - 2:28 am (278°) 2:19 pm (86°) 8:40 pm (50.5°) 241,779 66.2%
25 - 2:49 am (270°) 3:23 pm (94°) 9:22 pm (44.3°) 244,655 75.7%
26 - 3:10 am (262°) 4:26 pm (102°) 10:03 pm (38.4°) 247,093 83.8%
27 - 3:32 am (255°) 5:29 pm (109°) 10:46 pm (33.1°) 249,069 90.5%
28 - 3:55 am (248°) 6:32 pm (116°) 11:31 pm (28.5°) 250,589 95.4%
29 - 4:22 am (242°) 7:35 pm (122°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
30 - 4:54 am (237°) 8:37 pm (126°) 12:17 am (24.8°) 251,663 98.5%
31 - 5:32 am (233°) 9:35 pm (128°) 1:07 am (22.2°) 252,304 99.8%
* All times are local time for Pittsburgh. 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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