Big Delta Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 16 h 55 min on May 1 to 20 h 04 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 3:40 AM and sunset from 10:09 PM to 11:44 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 | 4:05 AM | 5:14 AM | 10:09 PM | 11:20 PM | 8:55 PM | 16 h 55 min | Full moon 9:24 AM | 11:48 PM | 4:27 AM | ||
| May 2 | 4:00 AM | 5:11 AM | 10:12 PM | 11:24 PM | 8:57 PM | 17 h 01 min | +6.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 4:11 AM | ||
| May 3 | 3:55 AM | 5:08 AM | 10:15 PM | 11:29 PM | 9:00 PM | 17 h 07 min | +6.0 min | Waning gibbous, 96% | 2:13 AM | 3:26 AM | |
| May 4 | 3:50 AM | 5:04 AM | 10:18 PM | 11:34 PM | 9:03 PM | 17 h 14 min | +7.0 min | Waning gibbous, 91% | |||
| May 5 | 3:45 AM | 5:01 AM | 10:22 PM | 11:39 PM | 9:05 PM | 17 h 21 min | +7.0 min | Waning gibbous, 84% | |||
| May 6 | 3:40 AM | 4:57 AM | 10:25 PM | 11:44 PM | 9:08 PM | 17 h 28 min | +7.0 min | Waning gibbous, 76% | |||
| May 7 | 3:35 AM | 4:54 AM | 10:28 PM | 11:50 PM | 9:10 PM | 17 h 34 min | +6.0 min | Waning gibbous, 66% | 5:36 AM | 7:06 AM | |
| May 8 | 3:29 AM | 4:51 AM | 10:32 PM | 11:55 PM | 9:13 PM | 17 h 41 min | +7.0 min | Last quarter, 55% | 4:55 AM | 9:28 AM | |
| May 9 | 3:23 AM | 4:47 AM | 10:35 PM | 12:01 AM | 9:15 PM | 17 h 48 min | +7.0 min | Last quarter 1:11 PM | 4:38 AM | 11:21 AM | |
| May 10 | 3:18 AM | 4:44 AM | 10:38 PM | 12:07 AM | 9:18 PM | 17 h 54 min | +6.0 min | Waning crescent, 34% | 4:26 AM | 1:07 PM | |
| May 11 | 3:12 AM | 4:41 AM | 10:41 PM | 12:13 AM | 9:20 PM | 18 h 00 min | +6.0 min | Waning crescent, 25% | 4:16 AM | 2:50 PM | |
| May 12 | 3:05 AM | 4:37 AM | 10:45 PM | 12:20 AM | 9:23 PM | 18 h 08 min | +8.0 min | Waning crescent, 16% | 4:07 AM | 4:34 PM | |
| May 13 | 2:59 AM | 4:34 AM | 10:48 PM | 12:27 AM | 9:25 PM | 18 h 14 min | +6.0 min | Waning crescent, 9% | 3:58 AM | 6:23 PM | |
| May 14 | 2:51 AM | 4:31 AM | 10:51 PM | 12:35 AM | 9:27 PM | 18 h 20 min | +6.0 min | Waning crescent, 4% | 3:48 AM | 8:23 PM | |
| May 15 | 2:44 AM | 4:28 AM | 10:54 PM | 12:44 AM | 9:30 PM | 18 h 26 min | +6.0 min | New moon, 1% | 3:37 AM | 10:40 PM | |
| May 16 | 2:35 AM | 4:24 AM | 10:58 PM | 12:54 AM | 9:32 PM | 18 h 34 min | +8.0 min | New moon 12:02 PM | 3:20 AM | ||
| May 17 | 2:25 AM | 4:21 AM | 11:01 PM | 1:06 AM | 9:34 PM | 18 h 40 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 1% | |||
| May 18 | 2:13 AM | 4:18 AM | 11:04 PM | 1:27 AM | 9:37 PM | 18 h 46 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 5% | |||
| May 19 | 4:15 AM | 11:07 PM | 9:39 PM | 18 h 52 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 10% | |||||
| May 20 | 4:12 AM | 11:11 PM | 9:41 PM | 18 h 59 min | +7.0 min | Waxing crescent, 18% | 6:43 AM | 4:25 AM | |||
| May 21 | 4:09 AM | 11:14 PM | 9:43 PM | 19 h 05 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 27% | 9:15 AM | 3:54 AM | |||
| May 22 | 4:06 AM | 11:17 PM | 9:45 PM | 19 h 11 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 37% | 11:17 AM | 3:39 AM | |||
| May 23 | 4:03 AM | 11:20 PM | 9:47 PM | 19 h 17 min | +6.0 min | First quarter 3:11 AM | 1:06 PM | 3:29 AM | |||
| May 24 | 4:00 AM | 11:23 PM | 9:49 PM | 19 h 23 min | +6.0 min | First quarter, 58% | 2:46 PM | 3:19 AM | |||
| May 25 | 3:57 AM | 11:27 PM | 9:51 PM | 19 h 30 min | +7.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 68% | 4:22 PM | 3:11 AM | |||
| May 26 | 3:54 AM | 11:30 PM | 9:53 PM | 19 h 36 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 77% | 5:58 PM | 3:02 AM | |||
| May 27 | 3:51 AM | 11:33 PM | 9:55 PM | 19 h 42 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 86% | 7:37 PM | 2:53 AM | |||
| May 28 | 3:48 AM | 11:36 PM | 9:57 PM | 19 h 48 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 92% | 9:23 PM | 2:43 AM | |||
| May 29 | 3:45 AM | 11:39 PM | 9:59 PM | 19 h 54 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | 11:27 PM | 2:29 AM | |||
| May 30 | 3:43 AM | 11:42 PM | 10:01 PM | 19 h 59 min | +5.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 2:03 AM | ||||
| May 31 | 3:40 AM | 11:44 PM | 10:02 PM | 20 h 04 min | +5.0 min | Full moon 12:46 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.