Central Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 43 min on May 1 to 11 h 31 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 6:01 AM and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:32 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 | 5:32 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 43 min | Full moon 2:24 PM | 5:29 PM | 5:37 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:33 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 42 min | -1.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 6:12 PM | 6:27 AM |
| May 3 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 41 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 6:59 PM | 7:18 AM |
| May 4 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:07 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 41 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 92% | 7:48 PM | 8:11 AM |
| May 5 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 40 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 8:40 PM | 9:03 AM |
| May 6 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:06 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 40 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 77% | 9:32 PM | 9:53 AM |
| May 7 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 40 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 68% | 10:24 PM | 10:41 AM |
| May 8 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 39 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 58% | 11:15 PM | 11:26 AM |
| May 9 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 39 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 6:11 PM | 12:09 PM | |
| May 10 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:05 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 38 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 37% | 12:05 AM | 12:49 PM |
| May 11 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:34 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:04 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 38 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 27% | 12:55 AM | 1:29 PM |
| May 12 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:33 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:04 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 37 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 18% | 1:44 AM | 2:09 PM |
| May 13 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:33 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:04 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 11% | 2:36 AM | 2:50 PM |
| May 14 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:33 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 5% | 3:30 AM | 3:35 PM |
| May 15 | 5:34 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:33 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 36 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | 4:28 AM | 4:24 PM |
| May 16 | 5:35 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:33 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 36 min | +0.0 min | New moon 5:02 PM | 5:30 AM | 5:20 PM |
| May 17 | 5:35 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:33 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 36 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 6:37 AM | 6:22 PM |
| May 18 | 5:35 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 35 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 4% | 7:46 AM | 7:28 PM |
| May 19 | 5:35 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 34 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 9% | 8:52 AM | 8:35 PM |
| May 20 | 5:35 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:55 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 16% | 9:54 AM | 9:40 PM |
| May 21 | 5:36 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 25% | 10:48 AM | 10:40 PM |
| May 22 | 5:36 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 34% | 11:35 AM | 11:35 PM |
| May 23 | 5:36 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 33 min | -1.0 min | First quarter 8:11 AM | 12:18 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:36 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 55% | 12:57 PM | 12:26 AM |
| May 25 | 5:37 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 66% | 1:34 PM | 1:14 AM |
| May 26 | 5:37 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 75% | 2:11 PM | 2:01 AM |
| May 27 | 5:37 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 32 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 84% | 2:49 PM | 2:47 AM |
| May 28 | 5:37 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 91% | 3:28 PM | 3:34 AM |
| May 29 | 5:37 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 4:10 PM | 4:23 AM |
| May 30 | 5:38 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 4:56 PM | 5:14 AM |
| May 31 | 5:38 AM | 6:01 AM | 5:32 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 31 min | -1.0 min | Full moon 5:46 AM | 5:44 PM | 6:06 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.