Santa Bárbara Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 40 min on May 1 to 11 h 29 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:49 AM and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:18 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 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:23 PM | 5:45 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:36 PM | 11 h 40 min | Full moon 2:24 PM | 5:15 PM | 5:26 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:23 PM | 5:45 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:35 PM | 11 h 40 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:58 PM | 6:16 AM |
| May 3 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:22 PM | 5:44 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:35 PM | 11 h 39 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 6:44 PM | 7:07 AM |
| May 4 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:22 PM | 5:44 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:35 PM | 11 h 39 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 92% | 7:33 PM | 7:59 AM |
| May 5 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:22 PM | 5:44 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 39 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 8:25 PM | 8:51 AM |
| May 6 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:43 PM | 4:52 PM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 38 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 77% | 9:17 PM | 9:42 AM |
| May 7 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:43 PM | 4:52 PM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 37 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 68% | 10:09 PM | 10:30 AM |
| May 8 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:43 PM | 4:51 PM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 58% | 11:01 PM | 11:15 AM |
| May 9 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:21 PM | 5:43 PM | 4:51 PM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 6:11 PM | 11:51 PM | 11:57 AM |
| May 10 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:51 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 36 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 37% | 12:37 PM | |
| May 11 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:50 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 36 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 27% | 12:41 AM | 1:16 PM |
| May 12 | 5:22 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:50 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 35 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 18% | 1:31 AM | 1:56 PM |
| May 13 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:20 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:50 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 11% | 2:23 AM | 2:37 PM |
| May 14 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:42 PM | 4:50 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 34 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 5% | 3:17 AM | 3:21 PM |
| May 15 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:49 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | 4:16 AM | 4:10 PM |
| May 16 | 5:23 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:49 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 33 min | -1.0 min | New moon 5:02 PM | 5:19 AM | 5:05 PM |
| May 17 | 5:23 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:49 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 6:26 AM | 6:07 PM |
| May 18 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:19 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:49 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 33 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 4% | 7:35 AM | 7:13 PM |
| May 19 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:49 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 32 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 9% | 8:41 AM | 8:20 PM |
| May 20 | 5:24 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 31 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 16% | 9:42 AM | 9:25 PM |
| May 21 | 5:24 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 31 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 25% | 10:36 AM | 10:26 PM |
| May 22 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 31 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 34% | 11:23 AM | 11:21 PM |
| May 23 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:41 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 31 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 8:11 AM | 12:06 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:25 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 30 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 55% | 12:44 PM | 12:12 AM |
| May 25 | 5:25 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 66% | 1:21 PM | 1:01 AM |
| May 26 | 5:25 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:48 PM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 75% | 1:58 PM | 1:48 AM |
| May 27 | 5:26 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:47 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 84% | 2:35 PM | 2:35 AM |
| May 28 | 5:26 AM | 5:49 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:47 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 29 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 91% | 3:14 PM | 3:23 AM |
| May 29 | 5:26 AM | 5:49 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:47 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 3:56 PM | 4:12 AM |
| May 30 | 5:26 AM | 5:49 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:47 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 4:41 PM | 5:02 AM |
| May 31 | 5:27 AM | 5:49 AM | 5:18 PM | 5:40 PM | 4:47 PM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 29 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 5:46 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:54 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.