Mapinga Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 52 min on May 1 to 11 h 46 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:28 AM and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:14 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 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:39 PM | 5:49 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 52 min | Full moon 8:24 PM | 6:02 PM | 5:56 AM | |
| May 2 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:48 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 6:46 PM | 6:44 AM |
| May 3 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:17 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:48 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:33 PM | 7:33 AM |
| May 4 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:16 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:48 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 51 min | -1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 94% | 8:22 PM | 8:24 AM |
| May 5 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:16 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:47 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 9:13 PM | 9:16 AM |
| May 6 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:16 PM | 6:38 PM | 5:47 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 80% | 10:05 PM | 10:07 AM |
| May 7 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:16 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:47 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 10:56 PM | 10:56 AM |
| May 8 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:16 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:47 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 60% | 11:46 PM | 11:44 AM |
| May 9 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:46 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 50 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter, 50% | 12:28 PM | |
| May 10 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:46 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 12:11 AM | 12:35 AM | 1:11 PM |
| May 11 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:46 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 29% | 1:22 AM | 1:53 PM |
| May 12 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:46 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 20% | 2:10 AM | 2:34 PM |
| May 13 | 6:03 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:46 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 12% | 2:58 AM | 3:18 PM |
| May 14 | 6:04 AM | 6:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:46 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 3:50 AM | 4:04 PM |
| May 15 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:15 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 49 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 4:44 AM | 4:54 PM |
| May 16 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 48 min | -1.0 min | New moon 11:02 PM | 5:44 AM | 5:50 PM |
| May 17 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 6:48 AM | 6:52 PM |
| May 18 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 7:55 AM | 7:59 PM |
| May 19 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 9:03 AM | 9:05 PM |
| May 20 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:27 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 14% | 10:06 AM | 10:10 PM |
| May 21 | 6:04 AM | 6:26 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 48 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 22% | 11:04 AM | 11:09 PM |
| May 22 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 47 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 32% | 11:55 AM | |
| May 23 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 2:11 PM | 12:40 PM | 12:03 AM |
| May 24 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 53% | 1:22 PM | 12:53 AM |
| May 25 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 63% | 2:02 PM | 1:39 AM |
| May 26 | 6:05 AM | 6:27 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 47 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 73% | 2:40 PM | 2:24 AM |
| May 27 | 6:05 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:36 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 46 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 82% | 3:20 PM | 3:08 AM |
| May 28 | 6:05 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 89% | 4:00 PM | 3:54 AM |
| May 29 | 6:06 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 95% | 4:44 PM | 4:40 AM |
| May 30 | 6:06 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 99% | 5:30 PM | 5:29 AM |
| May 31 | 6:06 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:14 PM | 6:37 PM | 5:45 PM | 7:29 PM | 11 h 46 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 11:46 AM | 6:18 PM | 6:20 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.