Edinburgh Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 15 h 23 min on May 1 to 17 h 10 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 4:36 AM and sunset from 8:52 PM to 9:46 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 | 4:45 AM | 5:29 AM | 8:52 PM | 9:37 PM | 7:58 PM | 12:21 AM | 15 h 23 min | Full moon 6:24 PM | 9:21 PM | 4:51 AM | |
| May 2 | 4:42 AM | 5:27 AM | 8:54 PM | 9:39 PM | 8:00 PM | 12:32 AM | 15 h 27 min | +4.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 10:42 PM | 5:01 AM |
| May 3 | 4:40 AM | 5:25 AM | 8:56 PM | 9:41 PM | 8:02 PM | 12:48 AM | 15 h 31 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 12:00 AM | 5:17 AM |
| May 4 | 4:37 AM | 5:23 AM | 8:58 PM | 9:44 PM | 8:04 PM | 15 h 35 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 5:41 AM | ||
| May 5 | 4:35 AM | 5:20 AM | 9:00 PM | 9:46 PM | 8:05 PM | 15 h 40 min | +5.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 1:07 AM | 6:19 AM | |
| May 6 | 4:32 AM | 5:18 AM | 9:02 PM | 9:48 PM | 8:07 PM | 15 h 44 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 1:58 AM | 7:15 AM | |
| May 7 | 4:30 AM | 5:16 AM | 9:04 PM | 9:51 PM | 8:09 PM | 15 h 48 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 2:33 AM | 8:26 AM | |
| May 8 | 4:27 AM | 5:14 AM | 9:06 PM | 9:53 PM | 8:11 PM | 15 h 52 min | +4.0 min | Last quarter, 59% | 2:54 AM | 9:46 AM | |
| May 9 | 4:25 AM | 5:12 AM | 9:08 PM | 9:55 PM | 8:12 PM | 15 h 56 min | +4.0 min | Last quarter 10:11 PM | 3:08 AM | 11:09 AM | |
| May 10 | 4:22 AM | 5:10 AM | 9:10 PM | 9:58 PM | 8:14 PM | 16 h 00 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 38% | 3:17 AM | 12:33 PM | |
| May 11 | 4:20 AM | 5:08 AM | 9:12 PM | 10:00 PM | 8:16 PM | 16 h 04 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 28% | 3:24 AM | 1:57 PM | |
| May 12 | 4:18 AM | 5:06 AM | 9:14 PM | 10:02 PM | 8:17 PM | 16 h 08 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 19% | 3:30 AM | 3:23 PM | |
| May 13 | 4:15 AM | 5:04 AM | 9:15 PM | 10:05 PM | 8:19 PM | 16 h 11 min | +3.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 3:36 AM | 4:53 PM | |
| May 14 | 4:13 AM | 5:02 AM | 9:17 PM | 10:07 PM | 8:20 PM | 16 h 15 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:44 AM | 6:27 PM | |
| May 15 | 4:11 AM | 5:00 AM | 9:19 PM | 10:09 PM | 8:22 PM | 16 h 19 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 3:53 AM | 8:08 PM | |
| May 16 | 4:08 AM | 4:59 AM | 9:21 PM | 10:12 PM | 8:24 PM | 16 h 22 min | +3.0 min | New moon 9:02 PM | 4:06 AM | 9:51 PM | |
| May 17 | 4:06 AM | 4:57 AM | 9:23 PM | 10:14 PM | 8:25 PM | 16 h 26 min | +4.0 min | New moon, 1% | 4:28 AM | 11:30 PM | |
| May 18 | 4:04 AM | 4:55 AM | 9:25 PM | 10:16 PM | 8:27 PM | 16 h 30 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 5:07 AM | ||
| May 19 | 4:02 AM | 4:53 AM | 9:27 PM | 10:18 PM | 8:28 PM | 16 h 34 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 6:10 AM | 12:47 AM | |
| May 20 | 4:00 AM | 4:52 AM | 9:28 PM | 10:21 PM | 8:30 PM | 16 h 36 min | +2.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 7:38 AM | 1:35 AM | |
| May 21 | 3:58 AM | 4:50 AM | 9:30 PM | 10:23 PM | 8:31 PM | 16 h 40 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 9:16 AM | 2:02 AM | |
| May 22 | 3:56 AM | 4:48 AM | 9:32 PM | 10:25 PM | 8:32 PM | 16 h 44 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 33% | 10:52 AM | 2:18 AM | |
| May 23 | 3:54 AM | 4:47 AM | 9:33 PM | 10:27 PM | 8:34 PM | 16 h 46 min | +2.0 min | First quarter 12:11 PM | 12:22 PM | 2:28 AM | |
| May 24 | 3:52 AM | 4:45 AM | 9:35 PM | 10:29 PM | 8:35 PM | 16 h 50 min | +4.0 min | First quarter, 54% | 1:47 PM | 2:35 AM | |
| May 25 | 3:50 AM | 4:44 AM | 9:37 PM | 10:31 PM | 8:37 PM | 16 h 53 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 3:08 PM | 2:41 AM | |
| May 26 | 3:48 AM | 4:42 AM | 9:38 PM | 10:33 PM | 8:38 PM | 16 h 56 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 4:28 PM | 2:46 AM | |
| May 27 | 3:46 AM | 4:41 AM | 9:40 PM | 10:35 PM | 8:39 PM | 16 h 59 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 83% | 5:47 PM | 2:52 AM | |
| May 28 | 3:44 AM | 4:40 AM | 9:41 PM | 10:37 PM | 8:40 PM | 17 h 01 min | +2.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 7:08 PM | 2:59 AM | |
| May 29 | 3:43 AM | 4:39 AM | 9:43 PM | 10:39 PM | 8:42 PM | 17 h 04 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 8:28 PM | 3:09 AM | |
| May 30 | 3:41 AM | 4:37 AM | 9:44 PM | 10:41 PM | 8:43 PM | 17 h 07 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 9:47 PM | 3:23 AM | |
| May 31 | 3:39 AM | 4:36 AM | 9:46 PM | 10:43 PM | 8:44 PM | 17 h 10 min | +3.0 min | Full moon 9:46 AM | 10:58 PM | 3:45 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.