Narra Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 12 h 27 min on May 1 to 12 h 38 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:45 AM and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:23 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 | 5:28 AM | 5:50 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:39 PM | 5:48 PM | 7:30 PM | 12 h 27 min | Full moon, 99% | 5:56 PM | 5:10 AM | |
| May 2 | 5:28 AM | 5:50 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:39 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:30 PM | 12 h 27 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 1:24 AM | 6:46 PM | 5:51 AM |
| May 3 | 5:28 AM | 5:49 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:39 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:30 PM | 12 h 28 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:36 PM | 6:35 AM |
| May 4 | 5:27 AM | 5:49 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:39 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 28 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 95% | 8:28 PM | 7:22 AM |
| May 5 | 5:27 AM | 5:49 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:39 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 29 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 89% | 9:20 PM | 8:12 AM |
| May 6 | 5:27 AM | 5:48 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:40 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 30 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 81% | 10:11 PM | 9:03 AM |
| May 7 | 5:26 AM | 5:48 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:40 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 72% | 10:59 PM | 9:55 AM |
| May 8 | 5:26 AM | 5:48 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:40 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:32 PM | 12 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 62% | 11:45 PM | 10:47 AM |
| May 9 | 5:26 AM | 5:48 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:40 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:32 PM | 12 h 30 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 52% | 11:37 AM | |
| May 10 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:40 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:32 PM | 12 h 31 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter 5:11 AM | 12:28 AM | 12:27 PM |
| May 11 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:41 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:33 PM | 12 h 31 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 31% | 1:09 AM | 1:15 PM |
| May 12 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 6:19 PM | 6:41 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:33 PM | 12 h 32 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 22% | 1:49 AM | 2:04 PM |
| May 13 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 6:19 PM | 6:41 PM | 5:50 PM | 7:33 PM | 12 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 14% | 2:30 AM | 2:55 PM |
| May 14 | 5:24 AM | 5:47 AM | 6:19 PM | 6:41 PM | 5:50 PM | 7:34 PM | 12 h 32 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 7% | 3:12 AM | 3:48 PM |
| May 15 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:19 PM | 6:41 PM | 5:50 PM | 7:34 PM | 12 h 33 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 3:58 AM | 4:45 PM |
| May 16 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:19 PM | 6:42 PM | 5:50 PM | 7:34 PM | 12 h 33 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 4:49 AM | 5:47 PM |
| May 17 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:20 PM | 6:42 PM | 5:50 PM | 7:34 PM | 12 h 34 min | +1.0 min | New moon 4:02 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:54 PM |
| May 18 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:20 PM | 6:42 PM | 5:50 PM | 7:35 PM | 12 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 6:49 AM | 8:02 PM |
| May 19 | 5:23 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:20 PM | 6:42 PM | 5:51 PM | 7:35 PM | 12 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 7% | 7:55 AM | 9:08 PM |
| May 20 | 5:23 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:20 PM | 6:43 PM | 5:51 PM | 7:35 PM | 12 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 13% | 9:02 AM | 10:10 PM |
| May 21 | 5:23 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:20 PM | 6:43 PM | 5:51 PM | 7:36 PM | 12 h 34 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 21% | 10:06 AM | 11:04 PM |
| May 22 | 5:23 AM | 5:46 AM | 6:21 PM | 6:43 PM | 5:51 PM | 7:36 PM | 12 h 35 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 30% | 11:05 AM | 11:52 PM |
| May 23 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:21 PM | 6:43 PM | 5:51 PM | 7:36 PM | 12 h 36 min | +1.0 min | First quarter 7:11 PM | 11:58 AM | |
| May 24 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:21 PM | 6:44 PM | 5:51 PM | 7:37 PM | 12 h 36 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 51% | 12:48 PM | 12:36 AM |
| May 25 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:21 PM | 6:44 PM | 5:52 PM | 7:37 PM | 12 h 36 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 61% | 1:35 PM | 1:15 AM |
| May 26 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:22 PM | 6:44 PM | 5:52 PM | 7:38 PM | 12 h 37 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 71% | 2:21 PM | 1:53 AM |
| May 27 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:22 PM | 6:44 PM | 5:52 PM | 7:38 PM | 12 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 80% | 3:07 PM | 2:31 AM |
| May 28 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:22 PM | 6:45 PM | 5:52 PM | 7:38 PM | 12 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 88% | 3:54 PM | 3:10 AM |
| May 29 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:22 PM | 6:45 PM | 5:53 PM | 7:39 PM | 12 h 37 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 94% | 4:42 PM | 3:50 AM |
| May 30 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:23 PM | 6:45 PM | 5:53 PM | 7:39 PM | 12 h 38 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 5:32 PM | 4:33 AM |
| May 31 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 6:23 PM | 6:46 PM | 5:53 PM | 7:39 PM | 12 h 38 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 4:46 PM | 6:24 PM | 5:19 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.