Sunrise and sunset in San Francisco

San Francisco Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CST)

Day length goes from 12 h 37 min on May 1 to 12 h 53 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 5:24 AM and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:17 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 15:09 AM5:31 AM6:08 PM6:31 PM5:39 PM7:23 PM12 h 37 minFull moon 11:24 AM6:18 PM5:13 AM
May 25:08 AM5:30 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:39 PM7:23 PM12 h 39 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%7:09 PM5:54 AM
May 35:08 AM5:30 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:40 PM7:24 PM12 h 39 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 96%8:02 PM6:39 AM
May 45:07 AM5:30 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:40 PM7:24 PM12 h 39 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 91%8:54 PM7:26 AM
May 55:07 AM5:29 AM6:09 PM6:32 PM5:40 PM7:24 PM12 h 40 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%9:46 PM8:17 AM
May 65:06 AM5:29 AM6:09 PM6:32 PM5:40 PM7:25 PM12 h 40 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 76%10:34 PM9:09 AM
May 75:06 AM5:28 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:40 PM7:25 PM12 h 42 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%11:20 PM10:02 AM
May 85:06 AM5:28 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:40 PM7:26 PM12 h 42 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 56%10:54 AM
May 95:05 AM5:28 AM6:10 PM6:33 PM5:41 PM7:26 PM12 h 42 min+0.0 minLast quarter 3:11 PM12:02 AM11:46 AM
May 105:05 AM5:27 AM6:10 PM6:33 PM5:41 PM7:26 PM12 h 43 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 35%12:42 AM12:37 PM
May 115:05 AM5:27 AM6:11 PM6:33 PM5:41 PM7:27 PM12 h 44 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 26%1:21 AM1:27 PM
May 125:04 AM5:27 AM6:11 PM6:34 PM5:41 PM7:27 PM12 h 44 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 17%1:59 AM2:19 PM
May 135:04 AM5:26 AM6:11 PM6:34 PM5:42 PM7:27 PM12 h 45 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 10%2:38 AM3:14 PM
May 145:04 AM5:26 AM6:11 PM6:34 PM5:42 PM7:28 PM12 h 45 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 4%3:21 AM4:11 PM
May 155:03 AM5:26 AM6:12 PM6:34 PM5:42 PM7:28 PM12 h 46 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 1%4:07 AM5:13 PM
May 165:03 AM5:26 AM6:12 PM6:35 PM5:42 PM7:29 PM12 h 46 min+0.0 minNew moon 2:02 PM4:59 AM6:20 PM
May 175:03 AM5:25 AM6:12 PM6:35 PM5:42 PM7:29 PM12 h 47 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%5:58 AM7:29 PM
May 185:02 AM5:25 AM6:13 PM6:35 PM5:43 PM7:30 PM12 h 48 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%7:02 AM8:37 PM
May 195:02 AM5:25 AM6:13 PM6:36 PM5:43 PM7:30 PM12 h 48 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%8:10 AM9:40 PM
May 205:02 AM5:25 AM6:13 PM6:36 PM5:43 PM7:30 PM12 h 48 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%9:16 AM10:36 PM
May 215:02 AM5:25 AM6:13 PM6:36 PM5:43 PM7:31 PM12 h 48 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%10:19 AM11:25 PM
May 225:02 AM5:25 AM6:14 PM6:37 PM5:44 PM7:31 PM12 h 49 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 36%11:17 AM
May 235:01 AM5:24 AM6:14 PM6:37 PM5:44 PM7:32 PM12 h 50 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 5:11 AM12:10 PM12:08 AM
May 245:01 AM5:24 AM6:14 PM6:37 PM5:44 PM7:32 PM12 h 50 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 57%1:01 PM12:47 AM
May 255:01 AM5:24 AM6:15 PM6:38 PM5:45 PM7:33 PM12 h 51 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%1:49 PM1:23 AM
May 265:01 AM5:24 AM6:15 PM6:38 PM5:45 PM7:33 PM12 h 51 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 77%2:37 PM1:59 AM
May 275:01 AM5:24 AM6:15 PM6:38 PM5:45 PM7:33 PM12 h 51 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%3:25 PM2:35 AM
May 285:01 AM5:24 AM6:16 PM6:39 PM5:45 PM7:34 PM12 h 52 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 92%4:14 PM3:13 AM
May 295:01 AM5:24 AM6:16 PM6:39 PM5:46 PM7:34 PM12 h 52 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%5:05 PM3:53 AM
May 305:01 AM5:24 AM6:16 PM6:39 PM5:46 PM7:35 PM12 h 52 min+0.0 minFull moon, 99%5:57 PM4:36 AM
May 315:01 AM5:24 AM6:17 PM6:40 PM5:46 PM7:35 PM12 h 53 min+1.0 minFull moon 2:46 AM6:49 PM5:23 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.