Sunrise and sunset in North Pole

North Pole Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (AKDT)

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