Moon in Jaipur Today — Full Moon
Current lunar phase and 30-day moon calendar for Jaipur, India. Updated hourly.
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Jaipur, India — 2 de mayo de 2026
Full Moon
97% illuminated · 16.4 days into cycle
Lunar Data for Jaipur — Today
| Moonrise | 19:49 |
| Moonset | 5:55 |
| Phase | 🌕 Full Moon |
| Illumination | 97% |
| Moon Age | 16.4 days into lunar cycle |
| Distance | 404,367 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 Jaipur — Did You Know?
- ·Jaipur's Jantar Mantar observatory, built in 1734, includes instruments specifically designed to track the moon's declination and predict lunar eclipses; the Rashivalayas and Misra Yantra are still used during full-moon nights for public demonstrations, connecting the city's astronomical heritage directly to the night sky.
- ·Known as the Pink City for its terracotta-coloured sandstone buildings, Jaipur's full moon creates a unique visual effect: the rose-pink facades of the Hawa Mahal and City Palace walls glow a deep amber-gold in lunar light, a sight that drew Rajput rulers to hold moonlit darbars (royal courts) in their open-air courtyards.
- ·At 26.9°N, Jaipur's full moon rises to a maximum altitude of about 87° in winter — nearly overhead, arcing steeply across the desert sky with exceptional clarity thanks to the low humidity of the Thar Desert margin on which the city sits.
30-Day Moon Phase Calendar — Jaipur
| Date | Phase | Illumination |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 🌕Full Moon | 97% |
| 3 may | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 93% |
| 4 may | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 86% |
| 5 may | 🌖Waning Gibbous | 78% |
| 6 may | 🌗Last Quarter | 69% |
| 7 may | 🌗Last Quarter | 58% |
| 8 may | 🌗Last Quarter | 48% |
| 9 may | 🌗Last Quarter | 37% |
| 10 may | 🌘Waning Crescent | 27% |
| 11 may | 🌘Waning Crescent | 19% |
| 12 may | 🌘Waning Crescent | 11% |
| 13 may | 🌘Waning Crescent | 5% |
| 14 may | 🌑New Moon | 2% |
| 15 may | 🌑New Moon | 0% |
| 16 may | 🌑New Moon | 1% |
| 17 may | 🌑New Moon | 4% |
| 18 may | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 9% |
| 19 may | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 16% |
| 20 may | 🌒Waxing Crescent | 24% |
| 21 may | 🌓First Quarter | 34% |
| 22 may | 🌓First Quarter | 44% |
| 23 may | 🌓First Quarter | 55% |
| 24 may | 🌓First Quarter | 65% |
| 25 may | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 75% |
| 26 may | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 83% |
| 27 may | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 90% |
| 28 may | 🌔Waxing Gibbous | 96% |
| 29 may | 🌕Full Moon | 99% |
| 30 may | 🌕Full Moon | 100% |
| 31 may | 🌕Full Moon | 99% |
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Tonight the moon in Jaipur is in the Full Moon phase. It is 97% illuminated and 16.4 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 19:49 local time in Jaipur 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 404,367 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 Jaipur at 26.9°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 87° above the horizon. In summer it arcs lower, around 40°. 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 Jaipur at 26.9°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.
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