Sunrise and sunset in Colchester

Colchester Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+1)

Day length goes from 14 h 54 min on May 1 to 16 h 21 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:27 AM to 4:44 AM and sunset from 8:21 PM to 9:05 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.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
May 14:49 AM5:27 AM8:21 PM9:00 PM7:33 PM10:54 PM14 h 54 minFull moon 6:24 PM8:43 PM4:50 AM
May 24:46 AM5:25 AM8:23 PM9:02 PM7:35 PM10:58 PM14 h 58 min+4.0 minFull moon, 100%9:57 PM5:07 AM
May 34:44 AM5:23 AM8:24 PM9:04 PM7:36 PM11:01 PM15 h 01 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%11:08 PM5:29 AM
May 44:42 AM5:22 AM8:26 PM9:05 PM7:38 PM11:05 PM15 h 04 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%5:59 AM
May 54:40 AM5:20 AM8:27 PM9:07 PM7:39 PM11:09 PM15 h 07 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%12:12 AM6:41 AM
May 64:38 AM5:18 AM8:29 PM9:09 PM7:40 PM11:13 PM15 h 11 min+4.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%1:03 AM7:36 AM
May 74:36 AM5:16 AM8:31 PM9:11 PM7:42 PM11:17 PM15 h 15 min+4.0 minWaning gibbous, 70%1:42 AM8:41 AM
May 84:34 AM5:14 AM8:32 PM9:13 PM7:43 PM11:21 PM15 h 18 min+3.0 minLast quarter, 59%2:10 AM9:54 AM
May 94:32 AM5:13 AM8:34 PM9:15 PM7:45 PM11:26 PM15 h 21 min+3.0 minLast quarter 10:11 PM2:31 AM11:11 AM
May 104:30 AM5:11 AM8:36 PM9:17 PM7:46 PM11:30 PM15 h 25 min+4.0 minWaning crescent, 38%2:46 AM12:28 PM
May 114:28 AM5:09 AM8:37 PM9:18 PM7:48 PM11:35 PM15 h 28 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 28%2:59 AM1:47 PM
May 124:27 AM5:08 AM8:39 PM9:20 PM7:49 PM11:40 PM15 h 31 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 19%3:11 AM3:07 PM
May 134:25 AM5:06 AM8:40 PM9:22 PM7:50 PM11:45 PM15 h 34 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 12%3:22 AM4:30 PM
May 144:23 AM5:05 AM8:42 PM9:24 PM7:52 PM11:50 PM15 h 37 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 6%3:35 AM5:58 PM
May 154:21 AM5:03 AM8:43 PM9:26 PM7:53 PM11:56 PM15 h 40 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 2%3:50 AM7:30 PM
May 164:19 AM5:02 AM8:45 PM9:27 PM7:54 PM12:03 AM15 h 43 min+3.0 minNew moon 9:02 PM4:11 AM9:06 PM
May 174:18 AM5:00 AM8:46 PM9:29 PM7:56 PM12:10 AM15 h 46 min+3.0 minNew moon, 1%4:41 AM10:36 PM
May 184:16 AM4:59 AM8:48 PM9:31 PM7:57 PM12:19 AM15 h 49 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%5:26 AM11:51 PM
May 194:14 AM4:57 AM8:49 PM9:33 PM7:58 PM12:30 AM15 h 52 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%6:31 AM
May 204:13 AM4:56 AM8:51 PM9:34 PM7:59 PM15 h 55 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 15%7:53 AM12:45 AM
May 214:11 AM4:55 AM8:52 PM9:36 PM8:01 PM15 h 57 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 23%9:23 AM1:20 AM
May 224:10 AM4:53 AM8:54 PM9:38 PM8:02 PM16 h 01 min+4.0 minWaxing crescent, 33%10:51 AM1:43 AM
May 234:08 AM4:52 AM8:55 PM9:39 PM8:03 PM16 h 03 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 12:11 PM12:15 PM2:00 AM
May 244:07 AM4:51 AM8:56 PM9:41 PM8:04 PM16 h 05 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 54%1:33 PM2:13 AM
May 254:05 AM4:50 AM8:58 PM9:42 PM8:05 PM16 h 08 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 64%2:49 PM2:23 AM
May 264:04 AM4:49 AM8:59 PM9:44 PM8:07 PM16 h 10 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 74%4:03 PM2:34 AM
May 274:03 AM4:48 AM9:00 PM9:46 PM8:08 PM16 h 12 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 83%5:17 PM2:45 AM
May 284:01 AM4:47 AM9:02 PM9:47 PM8:09 PM16 h 15 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 90%6:31 PM2:57 AM
May 294:00 AM4:46 AM9:03 PM9:48 PM8:10 PM16 h 17 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 95%7:46 PM3:13 AM
May 303:59 AM4:45 AM9:04 PM9:50 PM8:11 PM16 h 19 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%8:58 PM3:33 AM
May 313:58 AM4:44 AM9:05 PM9:51 PM8:12 PM16 h 21 min+2.0 minFull moon 9:46 AM10:03 PM4:01 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.