Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Ames, Iowa, United States

Current local time 4:47:35 AM (UTC-5)

May 2026 — Moon in Ames

Date		Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Moon phase	Illumination
May 1	Fri	—	5:59 AM	8:16 PM	Full moon	100%
May 2	Sat	—	6:32 AM	9:23 PM	Waning gibbous	99%
May 3	Sun	—	7:10 AM	10:28 PM	Waning gibbous	96%
May 4	Mon	—	7:54 AM	11:29 PM	Waning gibbous	92%
May 5	Tue	—	8:46 AM	—	Waning gibbous	86%
May 6	Wed	12:24 AM	9:44 AM	—	Waning gibbous	79%
May 7	Thu	1:12 AM	10:48 AM	—	Waning gibbous	71%
May 8	Fri	1:52 AM	11:54 AM	—	Waning gibbous	62%
May 9	Sat	2:27 AM	1:02 PM	—	Third quarter	52%
May 10	Sun	2:58 AM	2:09 PM	—	Waning crescent	42%
May 11	Mon	3:25 AM	3:15 PM	—	Waning crescent	32%
May 12	Tue	3:52 AM	4:21 PM	—	Waning crescent	22%
May 13	Wed	4:18 AM	5:28 PM	—	Waning crescent	13%
May 14	Thu	4:45 AM	6:35 PM	—	Waning crescent	7%
May 15	Fri	5:15 AM	7:42 PM	—	Waning crescent	2%
May 16	Sat	5:49 AM	8:49 PM	—	New moon	0%
May 17	Sun	6:29 AM	9:53 PM	—	Waxing crescent	1%
May 18	Mon	7:15 AM	10:52 PM	—	Waxing crescent	5%
May 19	Tue	8:09 AM	11:45 PM	—	Waxing crescent	12%
May 20	Wed	—	—	9:09 AM	Waxing crescent	21%
May 21	Thu	—	12:31 AM	10:14 AM	Waxing crescent	31%
May 22	Fri	—	1:10 AM	11:21 AM	Waxing crescent	42%
May 23	Sat	—	1:43 AM	12:28 PM	First quarter	53%
May 24	Sun	—	2:12 AM	1:35 PM	Waxing gibbous	63%
May 25	Mon	—	2:39 AM	2:41 PM	Waxing gibbous	73%
May 26	Tue	—	3:06 AM	3:48 PM	Waxing gibbous	81%
May 27	Wed	—	3:32 AM	4:54 PM	Waxing gibbous	88%
May 28	Thu	—	4:00 AM	6:01 PM	Waxing gibbous	94%
May 29	Fri	—	4:31 AM	7:09 PM	Waxing gibbous	97%
May 30	Sat	—	5:06 AM	8:15 PM	Waxing gibbous	100%
May 31	Sun	—	5:48 AM	9:18 PM	Full moon	100%

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