Lae Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 52 min on May 1 to 11 h 45 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:17 AM and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:02 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 | 5:51 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:37 PM | 7:17 PM | 11 h 52 min | Full moon, 99% | 5:37 PM | 5:30 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:51 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:27 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:17 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 3:24 AM | 6:20 PM | 6:18 AM |
| May 3 | 5:51 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 99% | 7:06 PM | 7:07 AM |
| May 4 | 5:51 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:05 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 95% | 7:55 PM | 7:57 AM |
| May 5 | 5:51 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:36 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 51 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 89% | 8:46 PM | 8:49 AM |
| May 6 | 5:51 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 82% | 9:38 PM | 9:40 AM |
| May 7 | 5:52 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:26 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 73% | 10:29 PM | 10:30 AM |
| May 8 | 5:52 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 63% | 11:20 PM | 11:18 AM |
| May 9 | 5:52 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:04 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:35 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 53% | 12:04 PM | |
| May 10 | 5:52 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 50 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter 7:11 AM | 12:08 AM | 12:47 PM |
| May 11 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 49 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 32% | 12:56 AM | 1:28 PM |
| May 12 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 23% | 1:44 AM | 2:10 PM |
| May 13 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 14% | 2:32 AM | 2:53 PM |
| May 14 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 3:22 AM | 3:38 PM |
| May 15 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:34 PM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 4:16 AM | 4:27 PM |
| May 16 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:03 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 5:14 AM | 5:21 PM |
| May 17 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 48 min | -1.0 min | New moon 6:02 AM | 6:17 AM | 6:21 PM |
| May 18 | 5:52 AM | 6:14 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 7:24 AM | 7:26 PM |
| May 19 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 47 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 8:31 AM | 8:34 PM |
| May 20 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 12% | 9:36 AM | 9:39 PM |
| May 21 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 20% | 10:36 AM | 10:40 PM |
| May 22 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 29% | 11:28 AM | 11:35 PM |
| May 23 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 9:11 PM | 12:15 PM | |
| May 24 | 5:53 AM | 6:15 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 50% | 12:58 PM | 12:26 AM |
| May 25 | 5:53 AM | 6:16 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 46 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 60% | 1:38 PM | 1:14 AM |
| May 26 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 70% | 2:17 PM | 1:59 AM |
| May 27 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 80% | 2:56 PM | 2:43 AM |
| May 28 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 3:36 PM | 3:28 AM |
| May 29 | 5:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:16 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 94% | 4:18 PM | 4:15 AM |
| May 30 | 5:54 AM | 6:17 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:17 PM | 11 h 45 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 5:04 PM | 5:03 AM |
| May 31 | 5:54 AM | 6:17 AM | 6:02 PM | 6:25 PM | 5:33 PM | 7:17 PM | 11 h 45 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 6:46 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:53 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.