Sunrise and sunset in Northwest Arctic Borough

Northwest Arctic Borough Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (AKDT)

Day length goes from 17 h 41 min on May 1 to 22 h 41 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 3:25 AM and sunset from 11:33 PM to 2:06 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 14:20 AM5:52 AM11:33 PM1:09 AM10:07 PM17 h 41 minFull moon 9:24 AM4:55 AM
May 24:12 AM5:48 AM11:37 PM1:17 AM10:10 PM17 h 49 min+8.0 minFull moon, 99%2:03 AM4:00 AM
May 34:04 AM5:44 AM11:41 PM1:26 AM10:13 PM17 h 57 min+8.0 minWaning gibbous, 96%
May 43:54 AM5:39 AM11:45 PM1:36 AM10:16 PM18 h 06 min+9.0 minWaning gibbous, 91%
May 53:44 AM5:35 AM11:50 PM1:48 AM10:19 PM18 h 15 min+9.0 minWaning gibbous, 84%
May 63:32 AM5:31 AM11:54 PM2:03 AM10:22 PM18 h 23 min+8.0 minWaning gibbous, 76%
May 73:17 AM5:26 AM11:58 PM2:32 AM10:25 PM18 h 32 min+9.0 minWaning gibbous, 66%
May 85:22 AM12:02 AM10:28 PM18 h 40 min+8.0 minLast quarter, 55%6:53 AM9:36 AM
May 95:18 AM12:06 AM10:31 PM18 h 48 min+8.0 minLast quarter 1:11 PM6:07 AM11:59 AM
May 105:13 AM12:11 AM10:34 PM18 h 58 min+10.0 minWaning crescent, 34%5:43 AM1:57 PM
May 115:09 AM12:15 AM10:37 PM19 h 06 min+8.0 minWaning crescent, 25%5:24 AM3:49 PM
May 125:05 AM12:20 AM10:40 PM19 h 15 min+9.0 minWaning crescent, 16%5:08 AM5:42 PM
May 135:00 AM12:24 AM10:43 PM19 h 24 min+9.0 minWaning crescent, 9%4:52 AM7:41 PM
May 144:56 AM12:29 AM10:45 PM19 h 33 min+9.0 minWaning crescent, 4%4:34 AM9:54 PM
May 154:51 AM12:33 AM10:48 PM19 h 42 min+9.0 minNew moon, 1%4:10 AM
May 164:47 AM12:38 AM10:51 PM19 h 51 min+9.0 minNew moon 12:02 PM3:17 AM12:48 AM
May 174:42 AM12:43 AM10:54 PM20 h 01 min+10.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%
May 184:37 AM12:47 AM10:56 PM20 h 10 min+9.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%
May 194:33 AM12:52 AM10:59 PM20 h 19 min+9.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%
May 204:28 AM12:57 AM11:02 PM20 h 29 min+10.0 minWaxing crescent, 18%
May 214:23 AM1:02 AM11:04 PM20 h 39 min+10.0 minWaxing crescent, 27%9:38 AM5:38 AM
May 224:18 AM1:08 AM11:07 PM20 h 50 min+11.0 minWaxing crescent, 37%12:02 PM5:02 AM
May 234:13 AM1:13 AM11:09 PM21 h 00 min+10.0 minFirst quarter 3:11 AM2:01 PM4:41 AM
May 244:08 AM1:18 AM11:12 PM21 h 10 min+10.0 minFirst quarter, 58%3:49 PM4:24 AM
May 254:03 AM1:24 AM11:14 PM21 h 21 min+11.0 minWaxing gibbous, 68%5:32 PM4:09 AM
May 263:57 AM1:30 AM11:16 PM21 h 33 min+12.0 minWaxing gibbous, 77%7:16 PM3:54 AM
May 273:52 AM1:36 AM11:19 PM21 h 44 min+11.0 minWaxing gibbous, 86%9:07 PM3:37 AM
May 283:46 AM1:43 AM11:21 PM21 h 57 min+13.0 minWaxing gibbous, 92%11:18 PM3:15 AM
May 293:40 AM1:50 AM11:23 PM22 h 10 min+13.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%2:38 AM
May 303:33 AM1:57 AM11:25 PM22 h 24 min+14.0 minFull moon, 100%
May 313:25 AM2:06 AM11:27 PM22 h 41 min+17.0 minFull moon 12:46 AM

Golden hour, blue hour and where the sun and moon rise

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below, the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon. A blank means the sun does not reach that height, or the moon does not rise or set, on that date.

DateBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, eveningSunrise directionSunset directionMoonrise directionMoonset direction
May 14:20 AM to 5:02 AM5:02 AM to 7:17 AM10:07 PM to 12:25 AM12:25 AM to 1:09 AM46° NE315° NW215° SW
May 24:12 AM to 4:56 AM4:56 AM to 7:13 AM10:10 PM to 12:30 AM12:30 AM to 1:17 AM45° NE316° NW165° SSE192° SSW
May 34:04 AM to 4:50 AM4:50 AM to 7:10 AM10:13 PM to 12:36 AM12:36 AM to 1:26 AM44° NE317° NW
May 43:54 AM to 4:45 AM4:45 AM to 7:07 AM10:16 PM to 12:42 AM12:42 AM to 1:36 AM42° NE318° NW
May 53:44 AM to 4:39 AM4:39 AM to 7:04 AM10:19 PM to 12:48 AM12:48 AM to 1:48 AM41° NE319° NW
May 63:32 AM to 4:33 AM4:33 AM to 7:01 AM10:22 PM to 12:54 AM12:54 AM to 2:03 AM40° NE321° NW
May 73:17 AM to 4:26 AM4:26 AM to 6:58 AM10:25 PM to 1:00 AM1:00 AM to 2:32 AM39° NE322° NW
May 84:20 AM to 6:55 AM10:28 PM to 1:07 AM38° NE323° NW163° SSE200° SSW
May 94:13 AM to 6:52 AM10:31 PM to 1:15 AM37° NE324° NW142° SE223° SW
May 104:05 AM to 6:49 AM10:34 PM to 1:22 AM36° NE325° NW125° SE241° WSW
May 113:58 AM to 6:46 AM10:37 PM to 1:31 AM35° NE326° NW109° ESE258° WSW
May 123:49 AM to 6:43 AM10:40 PM to 1:40 AM34° NE327° NNW93° E276° W
May 133:40 AM to 6:40 AM10:43 PM to 1:51 AM33° NNE328° NNW76° ENE294° WNW
May 143:29 AM to 6:37 AM10:45 PM to 2:05 AM32° NNE329° NNW59° ENE314° NW
May 153:15 AM to 6:34 AM10:48 PM to 2:32 AM31° NNE330° NNW40° NE
May 1630° NNE331° NNW15° NNE342° NNW
May 1729° NNE332° NNW
May 1827° NNE333° NNW
May 1926° NNE335° NNW
May 2025° NNE336° NNW
May 2124° NNE337° NNW29° NNE335° NNW
May 2223° NNE338° NNW51° NE314° NW
May 2322° NNE340° NNW69° ENE297° WNW
May 2420° NNE341° NNW86° E281° W
May 2519° NNE342° NNW102° ESE266° W
May 2618° NNE343° NNW118° ESE251° WSW
May 2716° NNE345° NNW135° SE236° SW
May 2815° NNE346° NNW156° SSE220° SW
May 2914° NNE348° NNW201° SSW
May 3012° NNE350° N
May 3110° N352° N

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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.