Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Santa Cruz, California, United States

Current local time 9:48:11 AM (UTC-7)

May 2026 — Moon in Santa Cruz

Date		Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Moon phase	Illumination
May 1	Fri	—	6:04 AM	8:04 PM	Full moon	100%
May 2	Sat	—	6:40 AM	9:08 PM	Waning gibbous	99%
May 3	Sun	—	7:21 AM	10:11 PM	Waning gibbous	96%
May 4	Mon	—	8:08 AM	11:11 PM	Waning gibbous	92%
May 5	Tue	—	9:01 AM	—	Waning gibbous	86%
May 6	Wed	12:05 AM	9:59 AM	—	Waning gibbous	79%
May 7	Thu	12:54 AM	11:01 AM	—	Waning gibbous	70%
May 8	Fri	1:37 AM	12:05 PM	—	Waning gibbous	61%
May 9	Sat	2:14 AM	1:09 PM	—	Third quarter	51%
May 10	Sun	2:47 AM	2:13 PM	—	Waning crescent	41%
May 11	Mon	3:18 AM	3:16 PM	—	Waning crescent	31%
May 12	Tue	3:47 AM	4:19 PM	—	Waning crescent	21%
May 13	Wed	4:17 AM	5:22 PM	—	Waning crescent	13%
May 14	Thu	4:47 AM	6:25 PM	—	Waning crescent	6%
May 15	Fri	5:21 AM	7:30 PM	—	Waning crescent	2%
May 16	Sat	5:58 AM	8:34 PM	—	New moon	0%
May 17	Sun	6:40 AM	9:36 PM	—	Waxing crescent	1%
May 18	Mon	7:29 AM	10:34 PM	—	Waxing crescent	6%
May 19	Tue	8:24 AM	11:27 PM	—	Waxing crescent	13%
May 20	Wed	—	—	9:23 AM	Waxing crescent	22%
May 21	Thu	—	12:14 AM	10:26 AM	Waxing crescent	32%
May 22	Fri	—	12:54 AM	11:30 AM	Waxing crescent	43%
May 23	Sat	—	1:30 AM	12:34 PM	First quarter	54%
May 24	Sun	—	2:03 AM	1:38 PM	Waxing gibbous	64%
May 25	Mon	—	2:33 AM	2:41 PM	Waxing gibbous	73%
May 26	Tue	—	3:02 AM	3:44 PM	Waxing gibbous	82%
May 27	Wed	—	3:32 AM	4:47 PM	Waxing gibbous	89%
May 28	Thu	—	4:03 AM	5:51 PM	Waxing gibbous	94%
May 29	Fri	—	4:38 AM	6:55 PM	Waxing gibbous	98%
May 30	Sat	—	5:16 AM	7:59 PM	Waxing gibbous	100%
May 31	Sun	—	6:01 AM	9:00 PM	Full moon	100%

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