Moon Phase for May 20, 2026

Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Latitude: 39.9625

Longitude: -83.0061

Time Zone: (EST), GMT-05:00

Time Zone ID: America/New_York

Waxing Crescent

May 18

Waxing Crescent ↑

Illumination: 6%

Waxing Crescent

May 19

Waxing Crescent ↑

Illumination: 14%

Waxing Crescent

May 20

Waxing Crescent ↑

Illumination: 23%

Waxing Crescent

May 21

Waxing Crescent ↑

Illumination: 33%

Waxing Crescent

May 22

Waxing Crescent ↑

Illumination: 44%

Moon phase details

for Wednesday, May 20, 2026

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent ↑

• Illumination: 23%

• Moon Age: 4.74 days

• Moon Angle: 0.54

• Moon Distance: 367,714.360 km

• Moonset: 12:26 am

• Moonrise: 09:36 am

• Sun Angle: 0.53

• Sun Distance: 151,417,933.092 km

• Sunrise: 06:14 am

• Golden Hour Ends: 06:53 am

• Golden Hour Starts: 08:05 pm

• Sunset: 08:44 pm

• Length of day: 14h 30m

May 2026
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07:00 pm

Waxing Crescent

18%

08:00 pm

Waxing Crescent

20%

09:00 pm

Waxing Crescent

22%

10:00 pm

Waxing Crescent

24%

11:00 pm

Waxing Crescent

24%

Moon phase for May 2026

Full Moon

Full Moon

May 1

01:24 pm

Last Quarter

Last Quarter

May 9

05:13 pm

New Moon

New Moon

May 16

04:03 pm

First Quarter

First Quarter

May 23

07:12 am

Full Moon

Full Moon

May 31

04:46 am

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