Sunrise and sunset in Section

Section Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 13 h 35 min on May 1 to 14 h 18 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:33 AM and sunset from 7:29 PM to 7:51 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 15:27 AM5:54 AM7:29 PM7:56 PM6:54 PM9:02 PM13 h 35 minFull moon 12:24 PM7:50 PM5:29 AM
May 25:26 AM5:53 AM7:30 PM7:57 PM6:55 PM9:03 PM13 h 37 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%8:50 PM6:01 AM
May 35:25 AM5:52 AM7:30 PM7:58 PM6:56 PM9:05 PM13 h 38 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%9:49 PM6:38 AM
May 45:24 AM5:51 AM7:31 PM7:58 PM6:56 PM9:06 PM13 h 40 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%10:44 PM7:21 AM
May 55:23 AM5:50 AM7:32 PM7:59 PM6:57 PM9:07 PM13 h 42 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%11:35 PM8:10 AM
May 65:22 AM5:49 AM7:33 PM8:00 PM6:58 PM9:08 PM13 h 44 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%9:04 AM
May 75:21 AM5:48 AM7:34 PM8:01 PM6:58 PM9:09 PM13 h 46 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%12:19 AM10:02 AM
May 85:20 AM5:47 AM7:34 PM8:02 PM6:59 PM9:10 PM13 h 47 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 57%12:58 AM11:02 AM
May 95:19 AM5:46 AM7:35 PM8:03 PM7:00 PM9:11 PM13 h 49 min+2.0 minLast quarter 4:11 PM1:31 AM12:04 PM
May 105:18 AM5:45 AM7:36 PM8:04 PM7:01 PM9:13 PM13 h 51 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:01 AM1:05 PM
May 115:17 AM5:44 AM7:37 PM8:04 PM7:01 PM9:14 PM13 h 53 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%2:28 AM2:08 PM
May 125:16 AM5:44 AM7:38 PM8:05 PM7:02 PM9:15 PM13 h 54 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 17%2:55 AM3:12 PM
May 135:15 AM5:43 AM7:38 PM8:06 PM7:03 PM9:16 PM13 h 55 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 10%3:22 AM4:19 PM
May 145:14 AM5:42 AM7:39 PM8:07 PM7:03 PM9:17 PM13 h 57 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%3:52 AM5:30 PM
May 155:13 AM5:41 AM7:40 PM8:08 PM7:04 PM9:18 PM13 h 59 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 1%4:26 AM6:44 PM
May 165:13 AM5:40 AM7:41 PM8:09 PM7:05 PM9:19 PM14 h 01 min+2.0 minNew moon 3:02 PM5:06 AM8:02 PM
May 175:12 AM5:40 AM7:41 PM8:09 PM7:06 PM9:20 PM14 h 01 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%5:55 AM9:17 PM
May 185:11 AM5:39 AM7:42 PM8:10 PM7:06 PM9:21 PM14 h 03 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%6:55 AM10:26 PM
May 195:10 AM5:38 AM7:43 PM8:11 PM7:07 PM9:23 PM14 h 05 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%8:03 AM11:25 PM
May 205:10 AM5:38 AM7:44 PM8:12 PM7:08 PM9:24 PM14 h 06 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%9:17 AM
May 215:09 AM5:37 AM7:44 PM8:13 PM7:08 PM9:25 PM14 h 07 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%10:30 AM12:12 AM
May 225:08 AM5:37 AM7:45 PM8:14 PM7:09 PM9:26 PM14 h 08 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%11:39 AM12:50 AM
May 235:08 AM5:36 AM7:46 PM8:14 PM7:10 PM9:27 PM14 h 10 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 6:11 AM12:45 PM1:21 AM
May 245:07 AM5:36 AM7:46 PM8:15 PM7:10 PM9:28 PM14 h 10 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 56%1:47 PM1:49 AM
May 255:06 AM5:35 AM7:47 PM8:16 PM7:11 PM9:29 PM14 h 12 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%2:46 PM2:14 AM
May 265:06 AM5:35 AM7:48 PM8:17 PM7:11 PM9:30 PM14 h 13 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%3:45 PM2:39 AM
May 275:05 AM5:34 AM7:49 PM8:17 PM7:12 PM9:31 PM14 h 15 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%4:44 PM3:04 AM
May 285:05 AM5:34 AM7:49 PM8:18 PM7:13 PM9:32 PM14 h 15 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%5:43 PM3:32 AM
May 295:04 AM5:33 AM7:50 PM8:19 PM7:13 PM9:33 PM14 h 17 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%6:43 PM4:02 AM
May 305:04 AM5:33 AM7:50 PM8:19 PM7:14 PM9:33 PM14 h 17 min+0.0 minFull moon, 99%7:42 PM4:38 AM
May 315:04 AM5:33 AM7:51 PM8:20 PM7:14 PM9:34 PM14 h 18 min+1.0 minFull moon 3:46 AM8:38 PM5:19 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.