Sunrise and sunset in San Francisco

San Francisco Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (GMT+8)

Day length goes from 12 h 25 min on May 1 to 12 h 35 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:21 AM to 5:16 AM and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:51 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.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
May 14:59 AM5:21 AM5:46 PM6:08 PM5:18 PM6:59 PM12 h 25 minFull moon, 99%5:24 PM4:40 AM
May 24:59 AM5:20 AM5:46 PM6:08 PM5:18 PM6:59 PM12 h 26 min+1.0 minFull moon 1:24 AM6:13 PM5:21 AM
May 34:58 AM5:20 AM5:46 PM6:08 PM5:18 PM6:59 PM12 h 26 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%7:04 PM6:05 AM
May 44:58 AM5:20 AM5:46 PM6:08 PM5:18 PM6:59 PM12 h 26 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 95%7:55 PM6:53 AM
May 54:58 AM5:19 AM5:46 PM6:08 PM5:18 PM7:00 PM12 h 27 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 89%8:47 PM7:42 AM
May 64:57 AM5:19 AM5:47 PM6:09 PM5:18 PM7:00 PM12 h 28 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 81%9:38 PM8:34 AM
May 74:57 AM5:19 AM5:47 PM6:09 PM5:18 PM7:00 PM12 h 28 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 72%10:26 PM9:26 AM
May 84:57 AM5:19 AM5:47 PM6:09 PM5:18 PM7:00 PM12 h 28 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 62%11:12 PM10:17 AM
May 94:56 AM5:18 AM5:47 PM6:09 PM5:18 PM7:01 PM12 h 29 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 52%11:56 PM11:07 AM
May 104:56 AM5:18 AM5:47 PM6:09 PM5:18 PM7:01 PM12 h 29 min+0.0 minLast quarter 5:11 AM11:56 AM
May 114:56 AM5:18 AM5:47 PM6:09 PM5:18 PM7:01 PM12 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 31%12:37 AM12:45 PM
May 124:56 AM5:18 AM5:47 PM6:10 PM5:18 PM7:01 PM12 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 22%1:18 AM1:33 PM
May 134:56 AM5:18 AM5:48 PM6:10 PM5:18 PM7:02 PM12 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 14%1:59 AM2:23 PM
May 144:55 AM5:17 AM5:48 PM6:10 PM5:19 PM7:02 PM12 h 31 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 7%2:42 AM3:16 PM
May 154:55 AM5:17 AM5:48 PM6:10 PM5:19 PM7:02 PM12 h 31 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 3%3:28 AM4:13 PM
May 164:55 AM5:17 AM5:48 PM6:10 PM5:19 PM7:03 PM12 h 31 min+0.0 minNew moon, 0%4:19 AM5:15 PM
May 174:55 AM5:17 AM5:48 PM6:11 PM5:19 PM7:03 PM12 h 31 min+0.0 minNew moon 4:02 AM5:16 AM6:21 PM
May 184:55 AM5:17 AM5:48 PM6:11 PM5:19 PM7:03 PM12 h 31 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%6:19 AM7:29 PM
May 194:54 AM5:17 AM5:49 PM6:11 PM5:19 PM7:04 PM12 h 32 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%7:25 AM8:35 PM
May 204:54 AM5:17 AM5:49 PM6:11 PM5:19 PM7:04 PM12 h 32 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%8:32 AM9:37 PM
May 214:54 AM5:17 AM5:49 PM6:11 PM5:20 PM7:04 PM12 h 32 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%9:36 AM10:32 PM
May 224:54 AM5:16 AM5:49 PM6:12 PM5:20 PM7:05 PM12 h 33 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 30%10:34 AM11:20 PM
May 234:54 AM5:16 AM5:50 PM6:12 PM5:20 PM7:05 PM12 h 34 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 7:11 PM11:28 AM
May 244:54 AM5:16 AM5:50 PM6:12 PM5:20 PM7:05 PM12 h 34 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 51%12:17 PM12:04 AM
May 254:54 AM5:16 AM5:50 PM6:12 PM5:20 PM7:06 PM12 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 61%1:04 PM12:44 AM
May 264:54 AM5:16 AM5:50 PM6:13 PM5:21 PM7:06 PM12 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 71%1:50 PM1:23 AM
May 274:54 AM5:16 AM5:50 PM6:13 PM5:21 PM7:06 PM12 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 80%2:35 PM2:01 AM
May 284:54 AM5:16 AM5:51 PM6:13 PM5:21 PM7:07 PM12 h 35 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%3:22 PM2:39 AM
May 294:54 AM5:16 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:21 PM7:07 PM12 h 35 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%4:10 PM3:20 AM
May 304:54 AM5:16 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:21 PM7:07 PM12 h 35 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%4:59 PM4:03 AM
May 314:54 AM5:16 AM5:51 PM6:14 PM5:22 PM7:08 PM12 h 35 min+0.0 minFull moon 4:46 PM5:51 PM4:49 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.