Sunrise and sunset in Cairns

Cairns Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+10)

Day length goes from 11 h 30 min on May 1 to 11 h 11 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:39 AM and sunset from 5:59 PM to 5:50 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.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
May 16:07 AM6:29 AM5:59 PM6:21 PM5:29 PM7:13 PM11 h 30 minFull moon, 99%5:28 PM5:48 AM
May 26:07 AM6:29 AM5:58 PM6:21 PM5:28 PM7:12 PM11 h 29 min-1.0 minFull moon 3:24 AM6:08 PM6:39 AM
May 36:07 AM6:30 AM5:58 PM6:20 PM5:28 PM7:12 PM11 h 28 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 99%6:51 PM7:31 AM
May 46:08 AM6:30 AM5:57 PM6:20 PM5:27 PM7:11 PM11 h 27 min-1.0 minWaning gibbous, 95%7:37 PM8:25 AM
May 56:08 AM6:30 AM5:57 PM6:19 PM5:27 PM7:11 PM11 h 27 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 89%8:27 PM9:18 AM
May 66:08 AM6:31 AM5:56 PM6:19 PM5:26 PM7:11 PM11 h 25 min-2.0 minWaning gibbous, 82%9:20 PM10:09 AM
May 76:08 AM6:31 AM5:56 PM6:19 PM5:26 PM7:10 PM11 h 25 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 73%10:13 PM10:58 AM
May 86:09 AM6:31 AM5:56 PM6:18 PM5:25 PM7:10 PM11 h 25 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 63%11:06 PM11:43 AM
May 96:09 AM6:31 AM5:55 PM6:18 PM5:25 PM7:10 PM11 h 24 min-1.0 minLast quarter, 53%11:59 PM12:25 PM
May 106:09 AM6:32 AM5:55 PM6:17 PM5:25 PM7:09 PM11 h 23 min-1.0 minLast quarter 7:11 AM1:04 PM
May 116:09 AM6:32 AM5:54 PM6:17 PM5:24 PM7:09 PM11 h 22 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%12:52 AM1:41 PM
May 126:10 AM6:32 AM5:54 PM6:17 PM5:24 PM7:09 PM11 h 22 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 23%1:44 AM2:18 PM
May 136:10 AM6:33 AM5:54 PM6:16 PM5:23 PM7:09 PM11 h 21 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%2:37 AM2:55 PM
May 146:10 AM6:33 AM5:53 PM6:16 PM5:23 PM7:08 PM11 h 20 min-1.0 minWaning crescent, 8%3:33 AM3:35 PM
May 156:11 AM6:33 AM5:53 PM6:16 PM5:23 PM7:08 PM11 h 20 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 3%4:31 AM4:19 PM
May 166:11 AM6:34 AM5:53 PM6:16 PM5:22 PM7:08 PM11 h 19 min-1.0 minNew moon, 0%5:35 AM5:08 PM
May 176:11 AM6:34 AM5:53 PM6:15 PM5:22 PM7:08 PM11 h 19 min+0.0 minNew moon 6:02 AM6:42 AM6:05 PM
May 186:11 AM6:34 AM5:52 PM6:15 PM5:22 PM7:08 PM11 h 18 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%7:52 AM7:08 PM
May 196:12 AM6:35 AM5:52 PM6:15 PM5:21 PM7:07 PM11 h 17 min-1.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%9:00 AM8:15 PM
May 206:12 AM6:35 AM5:52 PM6:15 PM5:21 PM7:07 PM11 h 17 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%10:04 AM9:23 PM
May 216:12 AM6:35 AM5:52 PM6:15 PM5:21 PM7:07 PM11 h 17 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%11:00 AM10:28 PM
May 226:13 AM6:36 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:20 PM7:07 PM11 h 15 min-2.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%11:48 AM11:28 PM
May 236:13 AM6:36 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:20 PM7:07 PM11 h 15 min+0.0 minFirst quarter 9:11 PM12:31 PM
May 246:13 AM6:36 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:20 PM7:07 PM11 h 15 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 50%1:08 PM12:24 AM
May 256:14 AM6:37 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:20 PM7:07 PM11 h 14 min-1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 60%1:44 PM1:16 AM
May 266:14 AM6:37 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:20 PM7:07 PM11 h 14 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%2:18 PM2:06 AM
May 276:14 AM6:37 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:19 PM7:07 PM11 h 14 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%2:52 PM2:55 AM
May 286:15 AM6:38 AM5:50 PM6:14 PM5:19 PM7:07 PM11 h 12 min-2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%3:28 PM3:44 AM
May 296:15 AM6:38 AM5:50 PM6:14 PM5:19 PM7:07 PM11 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%4:07 PM4:35 AM
May 306:15 AM6:38 AM5:50 PM6:14 PM5:19 PM7:07 PM11 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%4:49 PM5:27 AM
May 316:16 AM6:39 AM5:50 PM6:14 PM5:19 PM7:07 PM11 h 11 min-1.0 minFull moon 6:46 PM5:34 PM6:19 AM

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Sources

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.