Alta Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 18 h 55 min on May 1 to 24 h 00 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 2:59 AM to and sunset from 9:54 PM to .
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 | 2:59 AM | 9:54 PM | 8:06 PM | 18 h 55 min | Full moon 7:24 PM | 2:12 AM | |||||
| May 2 | 2:53 AM | 10:00 PM | 8:10 PM | 19 h 07 min | +12.0 min | Full moon, 100% | |||||
| May 3 | 2:47 AM | 10:05 PM | 8:14 PM | 19 h 18 min | +11.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | |||||
| May 4 | 2:41 AM | 10:12 PM | 8:17 PM | 19 h 31 min | +13.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | |||||
| May 5 | 2:35 AM | 10:18 PM | 8:21 PM | 19 h 43 min | +12.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | |||||
| May 6 | 2:28 AM | 10:25 PM | 8:25 PM | 19 h 57 min | +14.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | |||||
| May 7 | 2:21 AM | 10:31 PM | 8:28 PM | 20 h 10 min | +13.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | |||||
| May 8 | 2:14 AM | 10:38 PM | 8:32 PM | 20 h 24 min | +14.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | |||||
| May 9 | 2:07 AM | 10:46 PM | 8:36 PM | 20 h 39 min | +15.0 min | Last quarter 11:11 PM | 5:51 AM | 6:53 AM | |||
| May 10 | 2:00 AM | 10:54 PM | 8:39 PM | 20 h 54 min | +15.0 min | Waning crescent, 39% | 4:13 AM | 10:07 AM | |||
| May 11 | 1:52 AM | 11:03 PM | 8:43 PM | 21 h 11 min | +17.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 3:35 AM | 12:20 PM | |||
| May 12 | 1:43 AM | 11:12 PM | 8:46 PM | 21 h 29 min | +18.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 3:06 AM | 2:24 PM | |||
| May 13 | 1:33 AM | 11:23 PM | 8:50 PM | 21 h 50 min | +21.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 2:40 AM | 4:32 PM | |||
| May 14 | 1:23 AM | 11:36 PM | 8:54 PM | 22 h 13 min | +23.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 2:12 AM | 6:55 PM | |||
| May 15 | 1:10 AM | 11:53 PM | 8:57 PM | 22 h 43 min | +30.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 1:35 AM | 10:19 PM | |||
| May 16 | 12:53 AM | 9:01 PM | 24 h 00 min | +77.0 min | New moon 10:02 PM | 12:06 AM | |||||
| May 17 | Up all day | 9:04 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | ||||||
| May 18 | Up all day | 9:08 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | ||||||
| May 19 | Up all day | 9:11 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | ||||||
| May 20 | Up all day | 9:15 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | ||||||
| May 21 | Up all day | 9:18 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | ||||||
| May 22 | Up all day | 9:21 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 7:41 AM | 3:58 AM | ||||
| May 23 | Up all day | 9:25 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 1:11 PM | 10:21 AM | 3:01 AM | ||||
| May 24 | Up all day | 9:28 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 12:28 PM | 2:28 AM | ||||
| May 25 | Up all day | 9:31 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 2:25 PM | 2:02 AM | ||||
| May 26 | Up all day | 9:34 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 4:20 PM | 1:38 AM | ||||
| May 27 | Up all day | 9:37 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 6:23 PM | 1:11 AM | ||||
| May 28 | Up all day | 9:41 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 9:04 PM | 12:37 AM | ||||
| May 29 | Up all day | 9:44 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | ||||||
| May 30 | Up all day | 9:47 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | ||||||
| May 31 | Up all day | 9:49 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 10:46 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.