Carnot Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 12 h 17 min on May 1 to 12 h 23 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:43 AM and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:06 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 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:14 PM | 12 h 17 min | Full moon 6:24 PM | 5:54 PM | 5:17 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:14 PM | 12 h 17 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 6:42 PM | 6:01 AM |
| May 3 | 5:23 AM | 5:44 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 12 h 18 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:32 PM | 6:47 AM |
| May 4 | 5:23 AM | 5:44 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 12 h 18 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 8:24 PM | 7:36 AM |
| May 5 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 12 h 19 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 9:15 PM | 8:26 AM |
| May 6 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 12 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 10:06 PM | 9:18 AM |
| May 7 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 12 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 10:54 PM | 10:09 AM |
| May 8 | 5:22 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 12 h 20 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 59% | 11:40 PM | 10:59 AM |
| May 9 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 10:11 PM | 11:48 AM | |
| May 10 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 38% | 12:24 AM | 12:35 PM |
| May 11 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 28% | 1:07 AM | 1:22 PM |
| May 12 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 19% | 1:49 AM | 2:09 PM |
| May 13 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 2:32 AM | 2:58 PM |
| May 14 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:18 AM | 3:50 PM |
| May 15 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:07 AM | 4:47 PM |
| May 16 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 21 min | +1.0 min | New moon 9:02 PM | 5:02 AM | 5:48 PM |
| May 17 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 21 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 6:02 AM | 6:54 PM |
| May 18 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 22 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 7:07 AM | 8:01 PM |
| May 19 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:18 PM | 12 h 22 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 8:14 AM | 9:07 PM |
| May 20 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:18 PM | 12 h 22 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 9:20 AM | 10:08 PM |
| May 21 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:18 PM | 12 h 22 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 10:21 AM | 11:02 PM |
| May 22 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:18 PM | 12 h 22 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 33% | 11:16 AM | 11:51 PM |
| May 23 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:19 PM | 12 h 22 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 12:11 PM | 12:07 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:19 PM | 12 h 23 min | +1.0 min | First quarter, 54% | 12:53 PM | 12:35 AM |
| May 25 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:19 PM | 12 h 23 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 1:38 PM | 1:16 AM |
| May 26 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:20 PM | 12 h 23 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 2:22 PM | 1:56 AM |
| May 27 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:20 PM | 12 h 23 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 83% | 3:06 PM | 2:35 AM |
| May 28 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:28 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:20 PM | 12 h 23 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 3:51 PM | 3:16 AM |
| May 29 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:28 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:20 PM | 12 h 23 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 4:39 PM | 3:59 AM |
| May 30 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 6:06 PM | 6:28 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:21 PM | 12 h 24 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 5:28 PM | 4:44 AM |
| May 31 | 5:20 AM | 5:43 AM | 6:06 PM | 6:28 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:21 PM | 12 h 23 min | -1.0 min | Full moon 9:46 AM | 6:19 PM | 5:32 AM |
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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.