Lucapa Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 48 min on May 1 to 11 h 40 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:45 AM and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:25 PM.
Every day
Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 48 min | Full moon 6:24 PM | 5:14 PM | 5:14 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:50 PM | 4:59 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:58 PM | 6:02 AM |
| May 3 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:59 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 6:45 PM | 6:52 AM |
| May 4 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:59 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 7:34 PM | 7:44 AM |
| May 5 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 47 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 8:25 PM | 8:36 AM |
| May 6 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 9:17 PM | 9:27 AM |
| May 7 | 5:19 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 10:09 PM | 10:16 AM |
| May 8 | 5:19 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 59% | 10:59 PM | 11:02 AM |
| May 9 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 45 min | -2.0 min | Last quarter 10:11 PM | 11:48 PM | 11:46 AM |
| May 10 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 38% | 12:28 PM | |
| May 11 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 28% | 12:37 AM | 1:09 PM |
| May 12 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 19% | 1:25 AM | 1:50 PM |
| May 13 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 2:15 AM | 2:32 PM |
| May 14 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 44 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:07 AM | 3:18 PM |
| May 15 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 44 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:03 AM | 4:08 PM |
| May 16 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 43 min | -1.0 min | New moon 9:02 PM | 5:03 AM | 5:03 PM |
| May 17 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 43 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 6:08 AM | 6:05 PM |
| May 18 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 43 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 7:16 AM | 7:11 PM |
| May 19 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 43 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 8:23 AM | 8:18 PM |
| May 20 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 43 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 9:26 AM | 9:23 PM |
| May 21 | 5:20 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 42 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 10:23 AM | 10:22 PM |
| May 22 | 5:20 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 42 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 33% | 11:13 AM | 11:17 PM |
| May 23 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 42 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 12:11 PM | 11:57 AM | |
| May 24 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:38 PM | 11 h 42 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 54% | 12:38 PM | 12:07 AM |
| May 25 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 42 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 1:17 PM | 12:54 AM |
| May 26 | 5:21 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 41 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 1:55 PM | 1:40 AM |
| May 27 | 5:21 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 83% | 2:33 PM | 2:25 AM |
| May 28 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 3:13 PM | 3:11 AM |
| May 29 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 3:56 PM | 3:59 AM |
| May 30 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 4:42 PM | 4:48 AM |
| May 31 | 5:22 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 40 min | -1.0 min | Full moon 9:46 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:39 AM |
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Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.