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Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Current local time 1:21:23 PM (UTC-5)

May 2026 — Moon in Des Moines

Date		Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Moon phase	Illumination
May 1	Fri	—	6:00 AM	8:15 PM	Full moon	100%
May 2	Sat	—	6:33 AM	9:21 PM	Waning gibbous	99%
May 3	Sun	—	7:11 AM	10:26 PM	Waning gibbous	96%
May 4	Mon	—	7:56 AM	11:27 PM	Waning gibbous	92%
May 5	Tue	—	8:47 AM	—	Waning gibbous	86%
May 6	Wed	12:22 AM	9:46 AM	—	Waning gibbous	79%
May 7	Thu	1:10 AM	10:49 AM	—	Waning gibbous	71%
May 8	Fri	1:51 AM	11:55 AM	—	Waning gibbous	62%
May 9	Sat	2:26 AM	1:02 PM	—	Third quarter	52%
May 10	Sun	2:57 AM	2:09 PM	—	Waning crescent	42%
May 11	Mon	3:25 AM	3:15 PM	—	Waning crescent	32%
May 12	Tue	3:51 AM	4:21 PM	—	Waning crescent	22%
May 13	Wed	4:18 AM	5:27 PM	—	Waning crescent	13%
May 14	Thu	4:45 AM	6:34 PM	—	Waning crescent	7%
May 15	Fri	5:16 AM	7:41 PM	—	Waning crescent	2%
May 16	Sat	5:50 AM	8:48 PM	—	New moon	0%
May 17	Sun	6:30 AM	9:52 PM	—	Waxing crescent	1%
May 18	Mon	7:17 AM	10:51 PM	—	Waxing crescent	5%
May 19	Tue	8:10 AM	11:44 PM	—	Waxing crescent	12%
May 20	Wed	—	—	9:11 AM	Waxing crescent	21%
May 21	Thu	—	12:29 AM	10:15 AM	Waxing crescent	31%
May 22	Fri	—	1:08 AM	11:22 AM	Waxing crescent	42%
May 23	Sat	—	1:42 AM	12:29 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	3:47 PM	Waxing gibbous	81%
May 27	Wed	—	3:32 AM	4:54 PM	Waxing gibbous	88%
May 28	Thu	—	4:00 AM	6:00 PM	Waxing gibbous	94%
May 29	Fri	—	4:32 AM	7:07 PM	Waxing gibbous	97%
May 30	Sat	—	5:08 AM	8:13 PM	Waxing gibbous	100%
May 31	Sun	—	5:49 AM	9:16 PM	Full moon	100%

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