Sunrise and sunset in Fairbanks

Fairbanks Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (AKDT)

Day length goes from 17 h 05 min on May 1 to 20 h 30 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 3:35 AM and sunset from 10:22 PM to 12:05 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.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
May 14:03 AM5:17 AM10:22 PM11:37 PM9:05 PM17 h 05 minFull moon 9:24 AM4:28 AM
May 23:58 AM5:13 AM10:25 PM11:42 PM9:08 PM17 h 12 min+7.0 minFull moon, 99%12:08 AM4:05 AM
May 33:52 AM5:09 AM10:28 PM11:48 PM9:11 PM17 h 19 min+7.0 minWaning gibbous, 96%
May 43:47 AM5:06 AM10:32 PM11:53 PM9:13 PM17 h 26 min+7.0 minWaning gibbous, 91%
May 53:41 AM5:02 AM10:35 PM11:59 PM9:16 PM17 h 33 min+7.0 minWaning gibbous, 84%
May 63:35 AM4:59 AM10:39 PM12:05 AM9:18 PM17 h 40 min+7.0 minWaning gibbous, 76%
May 73:29 AM4:55 AM10:42 PM12:11 AM9:21 PM17 h 47 min+7.0 minWaning gibbous, 66%
May 83:23 AM4:52 AM10:46 PM12:18 AM9:24 PM17 h 54 min+7.0 minLast quarter, 55%5:14 AM9:24 AM
May 93:16 AM4:48 AM10:49 PM12:25 AM9:26 PM18 h 01 min+7.0 minLast quarter 1:11 PM4:52 AM11:23 AM
May 103:09 AM4:45 AM10:53 PM12:32 AM9:29 PM18 h 08 min+7.0 minWaning crescent, 34%4:37 AM1:11 PM
May 113:02 AM4:41 AM10:56 PM12:40 AM9:31 PM18 h 15 min+7.0 minWaning crescent, 25%4:25 AM2:56 PM
May 122:53 AM4:37 AM11:00 PM12:49 AM9:34 PM18 h 23 min+8.0 minWaning crescent, 16%4:14 AM4:42 PM
May 132:44 AM4:34 AM11:03 PM1:00 AM9:36 PM18 h 29 min+6.0 minWaning crescent, 9%4:04 AM6:34 PM
May 142:34 AM4:30 AM11:07 PM1:13 AM9:39 PM18 h 37 min+8.0 minWaning crescent, 4%3:52 AM8:37 PM
May 152:20 AM4:27 AM11:10 PM1:39 AM9:41 PM18 h 43 min+6.0 minNew moon, 1%3:38 AM10:59 PM
May 164:24 AM11:14 PM9:44 PM18 h 50 min+7.0 minNew moon 12:02 PM3:16 AM
May 174:20 AM11:17 PM9:46 PM18 h 57 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%
May 184:17 AM11:21 PM9:48 PM19 h 04 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%
May 194:13 AM11:24 PM9:51 PM19 h 11 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%
May 204:10 AM11:28 PM9:53 PM19 h 18 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 18%6:19 AM5:05 AM
May 214:06 AM11:31 PM9:55 PM19 h 25 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 27%9:14 AM4:11 AM
May 224:03 AM11:35 PM9:58 PM19 h 32 min+7.0 minWaxing crescent, 37%11:20 AM3:52 AM
May 234:00 AM11:38 PM10:00 PM19 h 38 min+6.0 minFirst quarter 3:11 AM1:11 PM3:39 AM
May 243:57 AM11:42 PM10:02 PM19 h 45 min+7.0 minFirst quarter, 58%2:53 PM3:28 AM
May 253:53 AM11:45 PM10:04 PM19 h 52 min+7.0 minWaxing gibbous, 68%4:31 PM3:18 AM
May 263:50 AM11:49 PM10:06 PM19 h 59 min+7.0 minWaxing gibbous, 77%6:09 PM3:07 AM
May 273:47 AM11:52 PM10:08 PM20 h 05 min+6.0 minWaxing gibbous, 86%7:51 PM2:57 AM
May 283:44 AM11:55 PM10:10 PM20 h 11 min+6.0 minWaxing gibbous, 92%9:41 PM2:44 AM
May 293:41 AM11:59 PM10:12 PM20 h 18 min+7.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%2:26 AM
May 303:38 AM12:02 AM10:14 PM20 h 24 min+6.0 minFull moon, 100%12:01 AM1:44 AM
May 313:35 AM12:05 AM10:15 PM20 h 30 min+6.0 minFull moon 12:46 AM

Other months

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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.