Ambarakaraka Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 37 min on May 1 to 11 h 23 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 6:01 AM and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:24 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 | 5:31 AM | 5:53 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:52 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:43 PM | 11 h 37 min | Full moon 8:24 PM | 5:11 PM | 5:24 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:31 AM | 5:53 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:52 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:43 PM | 11 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:53 PM | 6:14 AM |
| May 3 | 5:31 AM | 5:53 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:42 PM | 11 h 36 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 6:38 PM | 7:06 AM |
| May 4 | 5:31 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:42 PM | 11 h 35 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 7:26 PM | 7:59 AM |
| May 5 | 5:32 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 4:59 PM | 6:42 PM | 11 h 35 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 8:17 PM | 8:51 AM |
| May 6 | 5:32 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:50 PM | 4:59 PM | 6:41 PM | 11 h 34 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 80% | 9:09 PM | 9:42 AM |
| May 7 | 5:32 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:50 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:41 PM | 11 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 10:02 PM | 10:30 AM |
| May 8 | 5:32 AM | 5:54 AM | 5:28 PM | 5:50 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:41 PM | 11 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | 10:54 PM | 11:16 AM |
| May 9 | 5:32 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:58 PM | 6:41 PM | 11 h 32 min | -2.0 min | Last quarter, 50% | 11:46 PM | 11:58 AM |
| May 10 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 12:11 AM | 12:38 PM | |
| May 11 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:27 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 12:36 AM | 1:16 PM |
| May 12 | 5:33 AM | 5:55 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:49 PM | 4:57 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 31 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 1:27 AM | 1:55 PM |
| May 13 | 5:33 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 30 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 2:19 AM | 2:34 PM |
| May 14 | 5:33 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:13 AM | 3:17 PM |
| May 15 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:26 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:56 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:11 AM | 4:04 PM |
| May 16 | 5:34 AM | 5:56 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 29 min | -1.0 min | New moon 11:02 PM | 5:14 AM | 4:57 PM |
| May 17 | 5:34 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 28 min | -1.0 min | New moon, 0% | 6:21 AM | 5:57 PM |
| May 18 | 5:34 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:48 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 7:30 AM | 7:02 PM |
| May 19 | 5:35 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:55 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 8:38 AM | 8:09 PM |
| May 20 | 5:35 AM | 5:57 AM | 5:25 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 14% | 9:40 AM | 9:15 PM |
| May 21 | 5:35 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 26 min | -2.0 min | Waxing crescent, 22% | 10:35 AM | 10:18 PM |
| May 22 | 5:35 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 26 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 11:23 AM | 11:15 PM |
| May 23 | 5:36 AM | 5:58 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 26 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 2:11 PM | 12:06 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:36 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 25 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 12:44 PM | 12:08 AM |
| May 25 | 5:36 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 25 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 63% | 1:21 PM | 12:58 AM |
| May 26 | 5:36 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:54 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 25 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 1:57 PM | 1:46 AM |
| May 27 | 5:37 AM | 5:59 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 25 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 2:33 PM | 2:33 AM |
| May 28 | 5:37 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 24 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 89% | 3:11 PM | 3:21 AM |
| May 29 | 5:37 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 24 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 3:51 PM | 4:11 AM |
| May 30 | 5:37 AM | 6:00 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 24 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 4:35 PM | 5:02 AM |
| May 31 | 5:38 AM | 6:01 AM | 5:24 PM | 5:47 PM | 4:53 PM | 6:39 PM | 11 h 23 min | -1.0 min | Full moon 11:46 AM | 5:22 PM | 5:54 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.