Ruiru Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 12 h 04 min on May 1 to 12 h 04 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:28 AM and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:32 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 | 6:06 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:03 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | Full moon 8:24 PM | 6:18 PM | 5:58 AM | |
| May 2 | 6:06 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:03 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 7:04 PM | 6:43 AM |
| May 3 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:03 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:53 PM | 7:31 AM |
| May 4 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:03 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 8:43 PM | 8:21 AM |
| May 5 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 9:34 PM | 9:12 AM |
| May 6 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 80% | 10:25 PM | 10:04 AM |
| May 7 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 11:15 PM | 10:54 AM |
| May 8 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | 11:43 AM | |
| May 9 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 50% | 12:04 AM | 12:29 PM |
| May 10 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 12:11 AM | 12:50 AM | 1:14 PM |
| May 11 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 1:35 AM | 1:58 PM |
| May 12 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 2:20 AM | 2:42 PM |
| May 13 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:30 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 03 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 3:06 AM | 3:28 PM |
| May 14 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:30 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 03 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:55 AM | 4:17 PM |
| May 15 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:30 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 03 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:47 AM | 5:10 PM |
| May 16 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:30 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 03 min | +0.0 min | New moon 11:02 PM | 5:44 AM | 6:09 PM |
| May 17 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:30 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:01 PM | 7:43 PM | 12 h 03 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 6:46 AM | 7:13 PM |
| May 18 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:52 PM | 6:01 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 7:52 AM | 8:20 PM |
| May 19 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:01 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 8:59 AM | 9:26 PM |
| May 20 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:01 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 14% | 10:04 AM | 10:29 PM |
| May 21 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:01 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 22% | 11:03 AM | 11:26 PM |
| May 22 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 11:56 AM | |
| May 23 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 2:11 PM | 12:44 PM | 12:17 AM |
| May 24 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 1:29 PM | 1:05 AM |
| May 25 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:45 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 63% | 2:11 PM | 1:49 AM |
| May 26 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:45 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 2:52 PM | 2:31 AM |
| May 27 | 6:05 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:45 PM | 12 h 03 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 3:33 PM | 3:13 AM |
| May 28 | 6:05 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:53 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:45 PM | 12 h 03 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 89% | 4:16 PM | 3:56 AM |
| May 29 | 6:06 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:31 PM | 6:54 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:45 PM | 12 h 03 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 5:01 PM | 4:41 AM |
| May 30 | 6:06 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:32 PM | 6:54 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:46 PM | 12 h 04 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 5:49 PM | 5:28 AM |
| May 31 | 6:06 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:32 PM | 6:54 PM | 6:02 PM | 7:46 PM | 12 h 04 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 11:46 AM | 6:39 PM | 6:17 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.