Ester Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 17 h 05 min on May 1 to 20 h 31 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 3:36 AM and sunset from 10:23 PM to 12:07 AM.
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 | 4:04 AM | 5:18 AM | 10:23 PM | 11:39 PM | 9:06 PM | 17 h 05 min | Full moon 9:24 AM | 4:29 AM | |||
| May 2 | 3:59 AM | 5:14 AM | 10:26 PM | 11:44 PM | 9:09 PM | 17 h 12 min | +7.0 min | Full moon, 99% | 12:10 AM | 4:06 AM | |
| May 3 | 3:53 AM | 5:11 AM | 10:30 PM | 11:49 PM | 9:12 PM | 17 h 19 min | +7.0 min | Waning gibbous, 96% | |||
| May 4 | 3:48 AM | 5:07 AM | 10:33 PM | 11:55 PM | 9:14 PM | 17 h 26 min | +7.0 min | Waning gibbous, 91% | |||
| May 5 | 3:42 AM | 5:03 AM | 10:37 PM | 12:00 AM | 9:17 PM | 17 h 34 min | +8.0 min | Waning gibbous, 84% | |||
| May 6 | 3:36 AM | 5:00 AM | 10:40 PM | 12:06 AM | 9:20 PM | 17 h 40 min | +6.0 min | Waning gibbous, 76% | |||
| May 7 | 3:30 AM | 4:56 AM | 10:44 PM | 12:13 AM | 9:22 PM | 17 h 48 min | +8.0 min | Waning gibbous, 66% | |||
| May 8 | 3:24 AM | 4:53 AM | 10:47 PM | 12:19 AM | 9:25 PM | 17 h 54 min | +6.0 min | Last quarter, 55% | 5:15 AM | 9:25 AM | |
| May 9 | 3:17 AM | 4:49 AM | 10:50 PM | 12:26 AM | 9:28 PM | 18 h 01 min | +7.0 min | Last quarter 1:11 PM | 4:53 AM | 11:24 AM | |
| May 10 | 3:10 AM | 4:46 AM | 10:54 PM | 12:34 AM | 9:30 PM | 18 h 08 min | +7.0 min | Waning crescent, 34% | 4:38 AM | 1:12 PM | |
| May 11 | 3:02 AM | 4:42 AM | 10:57 PM | 12:42 AM | 9:33 PM | 18 h 15 min | +7.0 min | Waning crescent, 25% | 4:26 AM | 2:57 PM | |
| May 12 | 2:54 AM | 4:39 AM | 11:01 PM | 12:51 AM | 9:35 PM | 18 h 22 min | +7.0 min | Waning crescent, 16% | 4:16 AM | 4:44 PM | |
| May 13 | 2:45 AM | 4:35 AM | 11:04 PM | 1:02 AM | 9:38 PM | 18 h 29 min | +7.0 min | Waning crescent, 9% | 4:05 AM | 6:36 PM | |
| May 14 | 2:34 AM | 4:32 AM | 11:08 PM | 1:15 AM | 9:40 PM | 18 h 36 min | +7.0 min | Waning crescent, 4% | 3:53 AM | 8:38 PM | |
| May 15 | 2:21 AM | 4:28 AM | 11:12 PM | 1:43 AM | 9:43 PM | 18 h 44 min | +8.0 min | New moon, 1% | 3:39 AM | 11:01 PM | |
| May 16 | 4:25 AM | 11:15 PM | 9:45 PM | 18 h 50 min | +6.0 min | New moon 12:02 PM | 3:17 AM | ||||
| May 17 | 4:21 AM | 11:19 PM | 9:47 PM | 18 h 58 min | +8.0 min | Waxing crescent, 1% | |||||
| May 18 | 4:18 AM | 11:22 PM | 9:50 PM | 19 h 04 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 5% | |||||
| May 19 | 4:14 AM | 11:26 PM | 9:52 PM | 19 h 12 min | +8.0 min | Waxing crescent, 10% | |||||
| May 20 | 4:11 AM | 11:29 PM | 9:54 PM | 19 h 18 min | +6.0 min | Waxing crescent, 18% | 6:19 AM | 5:07 AM | |||
| May 21 | 4:08 AM | 11:33 PM | 9:57 PM | 19 h 25 min | +7.0 min | Waxing crescent, 27% | 9:15 AM | 4:12 AM | |||
| May 22 | 4:04 AM | 11:36 PM | 9:59 PM | 19 h 32 min | +7.0 min | Waxing crescent, 37% | 11:22 AM | 3:53 AM | |||
| May 23 | 4:01 AM | 11:40 PM | 10:01 PM | 19 h 39 min | +7.0 min | First quarter 3:11 AM | 1:12 PM | 3:40 AM | |||
| May 24 | 3:58 AM | 11:43 PM | 10:03 PM | 19 h 45 min | +6.0 min | First quarter, 58% | 2:54 PM | 3:29 AM | |||
| May 25 | 3:54 AM | 11:47 PM | 10:05 PM | 19 h 53 min | +8.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 68% | 4:32 PM | 3:19 AM | |||
| May 26 | 3:51 AM | 11:50 PM | 10:07 PM | 19 h 59 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 77% | 6:10 PM | 3:09 AM | |||
| May 27 | 3:48 AM | 11:53 PM | 10:09 PM | 20 h 05 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 86% | 7:52 PM | 2:58 AM | |||
| May 28 | 3:45 AM | 11:57 PM | 10:11 PM | 20 h 12 min | +7.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 92% | 9:43 PM | 2:45 AM | |||
| May 29 | 3:42 AM | 12:00 AM | 10:13 PM | 20 h 18 min | +6.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | 2:27 AM | ||||
| May 30 | 3:39 AM | 12:04 AM | 10:15 PM | 20 h 25 min | +7.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 12:03 AM | 1:45 AM | |||
| May 31 | 3:36 AM | 12:07 AM | 10:17 PM | 20 h 31 min | +6.0 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.