Moon in Delhi Today — Full Moon

Current lunar phase and 30-day moon calendar for Delhi, India. Updated hourly.

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Delhi, India2 de mayo de 2026

Full Moon

97% illuminated · 16.5 days into cycle

Lunar Data for Delhi — Today

Moonrise19:47
Moonset5:46
Phase🌕 Full Moon
Illumination97%
Moon Age16.5 days into lunar cycle
Distance404,562 km
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Next Full Moon

30 de mayo de 2026

Flower Moon

in 28 days

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Next New Moon

15 de mayo de 2026

in 14 days

Moon in Delhi — Did You Know?

  • ·Delhi observes the lunar calendar with particular devotion — Karva Chauth, when married women fast from moonrise to moonrise for their husbands, draws thousands to rooftops across the capital each autumn, scanning the horizon for the moon's first appearance.
  • ·From Delhi's flat Indo-Gangetic Plain, the full moon rises unobstructed over the eastern horizon, and on exceptionally clear winter nights the faint white outline of the Himalayan foothills can form a distant silhouette beneath it.
  • ·At latitude 28.6°N, Delhi's full moon reaches a maximum altitude of approximately 85° in winter — climbing nearly to the zenith and casting almost shadowless moonlight over the city's Mughal monuments.

30-Day Moon Phase Calendar — Delhi

DatePhaseIllumination
Today🌕Full Moon97%
3 may🌖Waning Gibbous92%
4 may🌖Waning Gibbous85%
5 may🌖Waning Gibbous77%
6 may🌗Last Quarter68%
7 may🌗Last Quarter57%
8 may🌗Last Quarter47%
9 may🌗Last Quarter36%
10 may🌘Waning Crescent26%
11 may🌘Waning Crescent18%
12 may🌘Waning Crescent10%
13 may🌘Waning Crescent5%
14 may🌑New Moon1%
15 may🌑New Moon0%
16 may🌑New Moon1%
17 may🌒Waxing Crescent4%
18 may🌒Waxing Crescent9%
19 may🌒Waxing Crescent17%
20 may🌒Waxing Crescent25%
21 may🌓First Quarter35%
22 may🌓First Quarter45%
23 may🌓First Quarter56%
24 may🌓First Quarter66%
25 may🌔Waxing Gibbous76%
26 may🌔Waxing Gibbous84%
27 may🌔Waxing Gibbous91%
28 may🌕Full Moon96%
29 may🌕Full Moon99%
30 may🌕Full Moon100%
31 may🌕Full Moon98%

Preguntas Frecuentes

Tonight the moon in Delhi is in the Full Moon phase. It is 97% illuminated and 16.5 days into the current lunar cycle. Moon phases are the same worldwide — only the exact local clock time of moonrise and moonset differs by location.
The next full moon occurs on 30 de mayo de 2026, which is 28 days from today. During a full moon the Moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth.
The next new moon occurs on 15 de mayo de 2026, in 14 days. The new moon marks the start of a fresh 29.5-day lunar cycle and is not visible in the night sky.
A lunar (synodic) cycle lasts approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes — or 29.53 days. It runs from one new moon to the next, passing through 8 distinct phases: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
No — the moon phase (the fraction of the Moon illuminated) is the same everywhere on Earth at any given moment. However, moonrise and moonset times, as well as the moon's altitude in the sky, vary by location. The moon also appears upside-down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to the Northern Hemisphere.
The moon rises at approximately 19:47 local time in Delhi tonight. Moonrise shifts about 50 minutes later each night as the Moon moves eastward along its orbit, completing a full cycle roughly every 29.5 days.
The next full moon on 30 de mayo de 2026 is known as the Flower Moon. These traditional names — originating with Native American tribes and later adopted in the Farmer's Almanac — each reflect a seasonal event or natural phenomenon of that month visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
No — the Moon is currently at approximately 404,562 km, a typical orbital distance. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the Moon being within roughly 360,000 km of Earth (near perigee). The Moon's distance varies between ~356,500 km (perigee) and ~406,700 km (apogee) over each ~27.3-day anomalistic month.
From Delhi at 28.6°N latitude, the full moon's maximum altitude above the horizon varies by season. In the local hemisphere's winter — when the full moon is opposite a low winter sun — it can reach roughly 85° above the horizon. In summer it arcs lower, around 38°. This seasonal variation is the same reason the sun is high in summer and low in winter.
The Moon's phase is identical everywhere on Earth simultaneously. However, its orientation in the sky differs by hemisphere: in the Northern Hemisphere the waxing crescent curves to the left; in the Southern Hemisphere it curves to the right. From Delhi at 28.6°N, the Moon arcs through the southern sky. Moonrise and moonset times also differ by longitude — a city 15° to the east sees the Moon rise roughly 1 hour earlier.

From the Blog

Data verified by Dr. Meera Iyer, Astrophysicist · Sources: Jean Meeus' Astronomical Algorithms · Methodology
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