Polyarnyy Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 18 h 32 min on May 1 to 24 h 00 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 3:29 AM to and sunset from 10:01 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 | 3:29 AM | 10:01 PM | 8:21 PM | 18 h 32 min | Full moon 8:24 PM | 11:47 PM | 2:44 AM | ||||
| May 2 | 3:24 AM | 10:07 PM | 8:24 PM | 18 h 43 min | +11.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 1:26 AM | ||||
| May 3 | 3:19 AM | 10:12 PM | 8:28 PM | 18 h 53 min | +10.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | |||||
| May 4 | 3:13 AM | 10:17 PM | 8:31 PM | 19 h 04 min | +11.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | |||||
| May 5 | 3:08 AM | 10:23 PM | 8:35 PM | 19 h 15 min | +11.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | |||||
| May 6 | 3:02 AM | 10:29 PM | 8:38 PM | 19 h 27 min | +12.0 min | Waning gibbous, 80% | |||||
| May 7 | 2:56 AM | 10:34 PM | 8:42 PM | 19 h 38 min | +11.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | |||||
| May 8 | 2:50 AM | 10:40 PM | 8:45 PM | 19 h 50 min | +12.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | |||||
| May 9 | 2:44 AM | 10:47 PM | 8:48 PM | 20 h 03 min | +13.0 min | Last quarter, 50% | 5:31 AM | 7:49 AM | |||
| May 10 | 2:38 AM | 10:53 PM | 8:52 PM | 20 h 15 min | +12.0 min | Last quarter 12:11 AM | 4:23 AM | 10:32 AM | |||
| May 11 | 2:31 AM | 11:00 PM | 8:55 PM | 20 h 29 min | +14.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 3:50 AM | 12:40 PM | |||
| May 12 | 2:25 AM | 11:07 PM | 8:59 PM | 20 h 42 min | +13.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 3:24 AM | 2:41 PM | |||
| May 13 | 2:18 AM | 11:14 PM | 9:02 PM | 20 h 56 min | +14.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 3:01 AM | 4:45 PM | |||
| May 14 | 2:10 AM | 11:22 PM | 9:05 PM | 21 h 12 min | +16.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 2:36 AM | 7:02 PM | |||
| May 15 | 2:02 AM | 11:31 PM | 9:09 PM | 21 h 29 min | +17.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 2:04 AM | 9:59 PM | |||
| May 16 | 1:54 AM | 11:40 PM | 9:12 PM | 21 h 46 min | +17.0 min | New moon 11:02 PM | 1:02 AM | ||||
| May 17 | 1:44 AM | 11:51 PM | 9:15 PM | 22 h 07 min | +21.0 min | New moon, 0% | |||||
| May 18 | 1:34 AM | 12:05 AM | 9:19 PM | 22 h 31 min | +24.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | |||||
| May 19 | 1:20 AM | 12:26 AM | 9:22 PM | 23 h 06 min | +35.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | |||||
| May 20 | Up all day | 9:25 PM | 24 h 00 min | +54.0 min | Waxing crescent, 14% | ||||||
| May 21 | Up all day | 9:28 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 22% | ||||||
| May 22 | Up all day | 9:31 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 8:12 AM | 4:01 AM | ||||
| May 23 | Up all day | 9:34 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 2:11 PM | 10:43 AM | 3:14 AM | ||||
| May 24 | Up all day | 9:37 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 12:47 PM | 2:45 AM | ||||
| May 25 | Up all day | 9:40 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 63% | 2:40 PM | 2:21 AM | ||||
| May 26 | Up all day | 9:43 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 4:32 PM | 1:59 AM | ||||
| May 27 | Up all day | 9:46 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 6:30 PM | 1:36 AM | ||||
| May 28 | Up all day | 9:49 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 89% | 8:53 PM | 1:06 AM | ||||
| May 29 | Up all day | 9:52 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 12:16 AM | |||||
| May 30 | Up all day | 9:54 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | ||||||
| May 31 | Up all day | 9:57 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 11:46 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.