Natal Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 54 min on May 1 to 11 h 49 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:21 AM to 5:24 AM and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:13 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 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:15 PM | 5:37 PM | 4:46 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 54 min | Full moon 2:24 PM | 5:09 PM | 5:02 AM | |
| May 2 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:15 PM | 5:36 PM | 4:46 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:54 PM | 5:49 AM |
| May 3 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:15 PM | 5:36 PM | 4:46 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 6:42 PM | 6:39 AM |
| May 4 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:36 PM | 4:46 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 53 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 92% | 7:32 PM | 7:30 AM |
| May 5 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:36 PM | 4:45 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 86% | 8:23 PM | 8:22 AM |
| May 6 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:36 PM | 4:45 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 77% | 9:15 PM | 9:13 AM |
| May 7 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:45 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 68% | 10:05 PM | 10:02 AM |
| May 8 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:14 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:45 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 58% | 10:55 PM | 10:49 AM |
| May 9 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:45 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 52 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter 6:11 PM | 11:43 PM | 11:33 AM |
| May 10 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:44 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 37% | 12:16 PM | |
| May 11 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:44 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 27% | 12:30 AM | 12:58 PM |
| May 12 | 4:59 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:44 PM | 6:25 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 18% | 1:17 AM | 1:40 PM |
| May 13 | 5:00 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:44 PM | 6:25 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 11% | 2:06 AM | 2:24 PM |
| May 14 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:44 PM | 6:25 PM | 11 h 51 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 5% | 2:57 AM | 3:12 PM |
| May 15 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:44 PM | 6:25 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 1% | 3:52 AM | 4:04 PM |
| May 16 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | New moon 5:02 PM | 4:52 AM | 5:01 PM |
| May 17 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 5:57 AM | 6:05 PM |
| May 18 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 4% | 7:05 AM | 7:11 PM |
| May 19 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 50 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 9% | 8:12 AM | 8:18 PM |
| May 20 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 16% | 9:14 AM | 9:21 PM |
| May 21 | 5:00 AM | 5:22 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 25% | 10:10 AM | 10:19 PM |
| May 22 | 5:00 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 49 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 34% | 11:01 AM | 11:11 PM |
| May 23 | 5:01 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 8:11 AM | 11:46 AM | 12:00 AM |
| May 24 | 5:01 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 55% | 12:27 PM | |
| May 25 | 5:01 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 66% | 1:07 PM | 12:46 AM |
| May 26 | 5:01 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:12 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 75% | 1:46 PM | 1:30 AM |
| May 27 | 5:01 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 50 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 84% | 2:26 PM | 2:14 AM |
| May 28 | 5:01 AM | 5:24 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:27 PM | 11 h 49 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 91% | 3:07 PM | 2:59 AM |
| May 29 | 5:02 AM | 5:24 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:27 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 3:51 PM | 3:46 AM |
| May 30 | 5:02 AM | 5:24 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:27 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 4:38 PM | 4:35 AM |
| May 31 | 5:02 AM | 5:24 AM | 5:13 PM | 5:35 PM | 4:43 PM | 6:27 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 5:46 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:26 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.