Full moon on 1 May 2026

The full moon falls on 1 May 2026 at 19:23 CEST. That evening the Moon rises across Poland between 20:06 and 20:52.

Shooting conditions

Across the regional capitals the Moon rises 16 to 22 minutes after sunset.

At sunset the Moon is still 2.2 to 2.7° below the horizon.

By the end of civil twilight it sits 1.7 to 2.2° above the horizon.

Moonrise over Poland

Map of moonrise times over Poland: Full moon on 1 May 2026

There are 46 minutes between the earliest and the latest moonrise across the regional capitals.

Times by city

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City	Moonrise	Azimuth	Sunset	Difference
Białystok	20:14	124°	19:55	+19 min
Bydgoszcz	20:36	124°	20:16	+20 min
Gdańsk	20:40	126°	20:18	+22 min
Gorzów Wielkopolski	20:46	124°	20:26	+20 min
Katowice	20:19	122°	20:03	+16 min
Kielce	20:15	122°	19:58	+17 min
Kraków	20:14	122°	19:58	+16 min
Lublin	20:08	123°	19:51	+17 min
Łódź	20:24	123°	20:06	+18 min
Olsztyn	20:29	125°	20:08	+21 min
Opole	20:25	122°	20:08	+17 min
Poznań	20:37	124°	20:18	+19 min
Rzeszów	20:06	122°	19:50	+16 min
Szczecin	20:52	125°	20:31	+21 min
Toruń	20:33	124°	20:13	+20 min
Warszawa	20:19	124°	20:01	+18 min
Wrocław	20:31	123°	20:13	+18 min
Zielona Góra	20:41	123°	20:22	+19 min

Key numbers

Full moon: 19:23 CEST
Distance: 401,990 km
Angular diameter: 29.72′
Nearest apsis: apogee, 405,828 km · 77.1 h from full moon
Constellation: Libra
Declination: -19.6°
Libration: 2.6° / 6°
Disc illumination: 99.8%

Related events

Nearest apsis: apogee on 5 May 2026, 405,828 km.

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Where these numbers come from

Moon and Sun positions are computed by astronomy-engine. City times use the same coordinates as Regional events in the app. Local time in the Europe/Warsaw zone.