Time Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 15 h 47 min on May 1 to 17 h 51 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 4:40 AM and sunset from 9:29 PM to 10:31 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 | 4:52 AM | 5:42 AM | 9:29 PM | 10:19 PM | 8:30 PM | 15 h 47 min | Full moon 7:24 PM | 10:01 PM | 5:01 AM | ||
| May 2 | 4:49 AM | 5:39 AM | 9:31 PM | 10:22 PM | 8:32 PM | 15 h 52 min | +5.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 11:30 PM | 5:06 AM | |
| May 3 | 4:46 AM | 5:37 AM | 9:33 PM | 10:25 PM | 8:34 PM | 15 h 56 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 5:15 AM | ||
| May 4 | 4:43 AM | 5:34 AM | 9:36 PM | 10:27 PM | 8:36 PM | 16 h 02 min | +6.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 12:55 AM | 5:31 AM | |
| May 5 | 4:40 AM | 5:32 AM | 9:38 PM | 10:30 PM | 8:38 PM | 16 h 06 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 2:09 AM | 6:03 AM | |
| May 6 | 4:37 AM | 5:29 AM | 9:40 PM | 10:33 PM | 8:40 PM | 16 h 11 min | +5.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 3:00 AM | 6:59 AM | |
| May 7 | 4:34 AM | 5:27 AM | 9:42 PM | 10:36 PM | 8:42 PM | 16 h 15 min | +4.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 3:28 AM | 8:17 AM | |
| May 8 | 4:31 AM | 5:24 AM | 9:45 PM | 10:39 PM | 8:44 PM | 16 h 21 min | +6.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | 3:42 AM | 9:45 AM | |
| May 9 | 4:28 AM | 5:22 AM | 9:47 PM | 10:42 PM | 8:46 PM | 16 h 25 min | +4.0 min | Last quarter 11:11 PM | 3:49 AM | 11:15 AM | |
| May 10 | 4:25 AM | 5:20 AM | 9:49 PM | 10:45 PM | 8:47 PM | 16 h 29 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 39% | 3:53 AM | 12:45 PM | |
| May 11 | 4:22 AM | 5:17 AM | 9:51 PM | 10:47 PM | 8:49 PM | 16 h 34 min | +5.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 3:56 AM | 2:14 PM | |
| May 12 | 4:19 AM | 5:15 AM | 9:54 PM | 10:50 PM | 8:51 PM | 16 h 39 min | +5.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 3:57 AM | 3:45 PM | |
| May 13 | 4:16 AM | 5:13 AM | 9:56 PM | 10:53 PM | 8:53 PM | 16 h 43 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 3:59 AM | 5:19 PM | |
| May 14 | 4:13 AM | 5:11 AM | 9:58 PM | 10:56 PM | 8:55 PM | 16 h 47 min | +4.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 4:02 AM | 6:59 PM | |
| May 15 | 4:10 AM | 5:08 AM | 10:00 PM | 10:59 PM | 8:57 PM | 16 h 52 min | +5.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:05 AM | 8:46 PM | |
| May 16 | 4:08 AM | 5:06 AM | 10:02 PM | 11:02 PM | 8:58 PM | 16 h 56 min | +4.0 min | New moon 10:02 PM | 4:12 AM | 10:39 PM | |
| May 17 | 4:05 AM | 5:04 AM | 10:05 PM | 11:05 PM | 9:00 PM | 17 h 01 min | +5.0 min | New moon, 1% | 4:26 AM | ||
| May 18 | 4:02 AM | 5:02 AM | 10:07 PM | 11:08 PM | 9:02 PM | 17 h 05 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 4:55 AM | 12:27 AM | |
| May 19 | 3:59 AM | 5:00 AM | 10:09 PM | 11:10 PM | 9:03 PM | 17 h 09 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 5:55 AM | 1:47 AM | |
| May 20 | 3:56 AM | 4:58 AM | 10:11 PM | 11:13 PM | 9:05 PM | 17 h 13 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 7:29 AM | 2:30 AM | |
| May 21 | 3:54 AM | 4:56 AM | 10:13 PM | 11:16 PM | 9:07 PM | 17 h 17 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 23% | 9:16 AM | 2:49 AM | |
| May 22 | 3:51 AM | 4:54 AM | 10:15 PM | 11:19 PM | 9:08 PM | 17 h 21 min | +4.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 11:00 AM | 2:57 AM | |
| May 23 | 3:48 AM | 4:52 AM | 10:17 PM | 11:22 PM | 9:10 PM | 17 h 25 min | +4.0 min | First quarter 1:11 PM | 12:36 PM | 3:02 AM | |
| May 24 | 3:46 AM | 4:51 AM | 10:19 PM | 11:24 PM | 9:12 PM | 17 h 28 min | +3.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 2:06 PM | 3:04 AM | |
| May 25 | 3:43 AM | 4:49 AM | 10:21 PM | 11:27 PM | 9:13 PM | 17 h 32 min | +4.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 64% | 3:32 PM | 3:06 AM | |
| May 26 | 3:41 AM | 4:47 AM | 10:23 PM | 11:30 PM | 9:15 PM | 17 h 36 min | +4.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 4:56 PM | 3:07 AM | |
| May 27 | 3:38 AM | 4:46 AM | 10:24 PM | 11:33 PM | 9:16 PM | 17 h 38 min | +2.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 6:20 PM | 3:09 AM | |
| May 28 | 3:36 AM | 4:44 AM | 10:26 PM | 11:35 PM | 9:17 PM | 17 h 42 min | +4.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 7:46 PM | 3:12 AM | |
| May 29 | 3:33 AM | 4:42 AM | 10:28 PM | 11:38 PM | 9:19 PM | 17 h 46 min | +4.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 9:14 PM | 3:16 AM | |
| May 30 | 3:31 AM | 4:41 AM | 10:30 PM | 11:41 PM | 9:20 PM | 17 h 49 min | +3.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 10:40 PM | 3:24 AM | |
| May 31 | 3:29 AM | 4:40 AM | 10:31 PM | 11:43 PM | 9:21 PM | 17 h 51 min | +2.0 min | Full moon 10:46 AM | 11:57 PM | 3:38 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.