Benjamin Constant Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 57 min on May 1 to 11 h 53 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:41 AM and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:34 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 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 57 min | Full moon 12:24 PM | 5:35 PM | 5:24 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 6:20 PM | 6:11 AM |
| May 3 | 5:17 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 7:09 PM | 7:00 AM |
| May 4 | 5:17 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 92% | 7:59 PM | 7:51 AM |
| May 5 | 5:17 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 85% | 8:50 PM | 8:43 AM |
| May 6 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 56 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 77% | 9:42 PM | 9:34 AM |
| May 7 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 67% | 10:32 PM | 10:23 AM |
| May 8 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 57% | 11:21 PM | 11:10 AM |
| May 9 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 4:11 PM | 11:55 AM | |
| May 10 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 36% | 12:08 AM | 12:38 PM |
| May 11 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 26% | 12:55 AM | 1:21 PM |
| May 12 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 17% | 1:41 AM | 2:04 PM |
| May 13 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 10% | 2:29 AM | 2:49 PM |
| May 14 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 5% | 3:20 AM | 3:37 PM |
| May 15 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | 4:15 AM | 4:30 PM |
| May 16 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | New moon 3:02 PM | 5:15 AM | 5:29 PM |
| May 17 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 1% | 6:20 AM | 6:33 PM |
| May 18 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 4% | 7:27 AM | 7:40 PM |
| May 19 | 5:17 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 10% | 8:34 AM | 8:46 PM |
| May 20 | 5:17 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 17% | 9:36 AM | 9:49 PM |
| May 21 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 26% | 10:33 AM | 10:45 PM |
| May 22 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 35% | 11:23 AM | 11:37 PM |
| May 23 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 6:11 AM | 12:08 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 56% | 12:50 PM | 12:24 AM |
| May 25 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 67% | 1:30 PM | 1:09 AM |
| May 26 | 5:18 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 76% | 2:10 PM | 1:53 AM |
| May 27 | 5:18 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 85% | 2:51 PM | 2:36 AM |
| May 28 | 5:18 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 91% | 3:33 PM | 3:21 AM |
| May 29 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 4:18 PM | 4:08 AM |
| May 30 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 5:05 PM | 4:56 AM |
| May 31 | 5:19 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 3:46 AM | 5:55 PM | 5:47 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.