Plunge Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 15 h 22 min on May 1 to 17 h 09 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 4:56 AM and sunset from 9:11 PM to 10:05 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.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 5:05 AM | 5:49 AM | 9:11 PM | 9:56 PM | 8:18 PM | 12:39 AM | 15 h 22 min | Full moon 8:24 PM | 9:35 PM | 5:10 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:03 AM | 5:47 AM | 9:13 PM | 9:58 PM | 8:20 PM | 12:49 AM | 15 h 26 min | +4.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 10:56 PM | 5:20 AM |
| May 3 | 5:00 AM | 5:45 AM | 9:15 PM | 10:01 PM | 8:22 PM | 1:04 AM | 15 h 30 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 5:36 AM | |
| May 4 | 4:57 AM | 5:43 AM | 9:17 PM | 10:03 PM | 8:23 PM | 15 h 34 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 12:14 AM | 5:59 AM | |
| May 5 | 4:55 AM | 5:41 AM | 9:19 PM | 10:06 PM | 8:25 PM | 15 h 38 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 1:23 AM | 6:36 AM | |
| May 6 | 4:52 AM | 5:38 AM | 9:21 PM | 10:08 PM | 8:27 PM | 15 h 43 min | +5.0 min | Waning gibbous, 80% | 2:15 AM | 7:31 AM | |
| May 7 | 4:50 AM | 5:36 AM | 9:23 PM | 10:10 PM | 8:28 PM | 15 h 47 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 2:50 AM | 8:41 AM | |
| May 8 | 4:47 AM | 5:34 AM | 9:25 PM | 10:13 PM | 8:30 PM | 15 h 51 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | 3:12 AM | 10:00 AM | |
| May 9 | 4:45 AM | 5:32 AM | 9:27 PM | 10:15 PM | 8:32 PM | 15 h 55 min | +4.0 min | Last quarter, 50% | 3:26 AM | 11:23 AM | |
| May 10 | 4:43 AM | 5:30 AM | 9:29 PM | 10:17 PM | 8:33 PM | 15 h 59 min | +4.0 min | Last quarter 12:11 AM | 3:36 AM | 12:47 PM | |
| May 11 | 4:40 AM | 5:28 AM | 9:31 PM | 10:20 PM | 8:35 PM | 16 h 03 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 3:43 AM | 2:12 PM | |
| May 12 | 4:38 AM | 5:26 AM | 9:33 PM | 10:22 PM | 8:37 PM | 16 h 07 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 3:50 AM | 3:37 PM | |
| May 13 | 4:36 AM | 5:24 AM | 9:35 PM | 10:24 PM | 8:38 PM | 16 h 11 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 3:56 AM | 5:06 PM | |
| May 14 | 4:33 AM | 5:22 AM | 9:37 PM | 10:26 PM | 8:40 PM | 16 h 15 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 4:03 AM | 6:40 PM | |
| May 15 | 4:31 AM | 5:21 AM | 9:39 PM | 10:29 PM | 8:42 PM | 16 h 18 min | +3.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:12 AM | 8:20 PM | |
| May 16 | 4:29 AM | 5:19 AM | 9:41 PM | 10:31 PM | 8:43 PM | 16 h 22 min | +4.0 min | New moon 11:02 PM | 4:25 AM | 10:04 PM | |
| May 17 | 4:26 AM | 5:17 AM | 9:42 PM | 10:33 PM | 8:45 PM | 16 h 25 min | +3.0 min | New moon, 0% | 4:47 AM | 11:43 PM | |
| May 18 | 4:24 AM | 5:15 AM | 9:44 PM | 10:36 PM | 8:46 PM | 16 h 29 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 5:24 AM | ||
| May 19 | 4:22 AM | 5:13 AM | 9:46 PM | 10:38 PM | 8:48 PM | 16 h 33 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 6:25 AM | 1:02 AM | |
| May 20 | 4:20 AM | 5:12 AM | 9:48 PM | 10:40 PM | 8:49 PM | 16 h 36 min | +3.0 min | Waxing crescent, 14% | 7:52 AM | 1:52 AM | |
| May 21 | 4:18 AM | 5:10 AM | 9:49 PM | 10:42 PM | 8:51 PM | 16 h 39 min | +3.0 min | Waxing crescent, 22% | 9:29 AM | 2:20 AM | |
| May 22 | 4:16 AM | 5:09 AM | 9:51 PM | 10:44 PM | 8:52 PM | 16 h 42 min | +3.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 11:05 AM | 2:37 AM | |
| May 23 | 4:14 AM | 5:07 AM | 9:53 PM | 10:46 PM | 8:53 PM | 16 h 46 min | +4.0 min | First quarter 2:11 PM | 12:36 PM | 2:47 AM | |
| May 24 | 4:12 AM | 5:06 AM | 9:55 PM | 10:49 PM | 8:55 PM | 16 h 49 min | +3.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 2:01 PM | 2:54 AM | |
| May 25 | 4:10 AM | 5:04 AM | 9:56 PM | 10:51 PM | 8:56 PM | 16 h 52 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 63% | 3:22 PM | 3:00 AM | |
| May 26 | 4:08 AM | 5:03 AM | 9:58 PM | 10:53 PM | 8:57 PM | 16 h 55 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 4:42 PM | 3:06 AM | |
| May 27 | 4:06 AM | 5:01 AM | 9:59 PM | 10:55 PM | 8:59 PM | 16 h 58 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 6:01 PM | 3:12 AM | |
| May 28 | 4:05 AM | 5:00 AM | 10:01 PM | 10:57 PM | 9:00 PM | 17 h 01 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 89% | 7:22 PM | 3:19 AM | |
| May 29 | 4:03 AM | 4:59 AM | 10:02 PM | 10:59 PM | 9:01 PM | 17 h 03 min | +2.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 8:42 PM | 3:29 AM | |
| May 30 | 4:01 AM | 4:58 AM | 10:04 PM | 11:00 PM | 9:02 PM | 17 h 06 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 10:01 PM | 3:42 AM | |
| May 31 | 4:00 AM | 4:56 AM | 10:05 PM | 11:02 PM | 9:04 PM | 17 h 09 min | +3.0 min | Full moon 11:46 AM | 11:13 PM | 4:04 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.