Prudhoe Bay Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026
Day length goes from 19 h 10 min on May 1 to 24 h 00 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 4:18 AM to and sunset from 11:28 PM to .
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 | 4:18 AM | 11:28 PM | 9:36 PM | 19 h 10 min | Full moon 9:24 AM | 2:58 AM | |||||
| May 2 | 4:12 AM | 11:34 PM | 9:40 PM | 19 h 22 min | +12.0 min | Full moon, 99% | |||||
| May 3 | 4:05 AM | 11:40 PM | 9:44 PM | 19 h 35 min | +13.0 min | Waning gibbous, 96% | |||||
| May 4 | 3:59 AM | 11:47 PM | 9:48 PM | 19 h 48 min | +13.0 min | Waning gibbous, 91% | |||||
| May 5 | 3:52 AM | 11:54 PM | 9:51 PM | 20 h 02 min | +14.0 min | Waning gibbous, 84% | |||||
| May 6 | 3:45 AM | 12:01 AM | 9:55 PM | 20 h 16 min | +14.0 min | Waning gibbous, 76% | |||||
| May 7 | 3:38 AM | 12:08 AM | 9:59 PM | 20 h 30 min | +14.0 min | Waning gibbous, 66% | |||||
| May 8 | 3:30 AM | 12:16 AM | 10:03 PM | 20 h 46 min | +16.0 min | Last quarter, 55% | |||||
| May 9 | 3:22 AM | 12:25 AM | 10:06 PM | 21 h 03 min | +17.0 min | Last quarter 1:11 PM | 6:18 AM | 10:06 AM | |||
| May 10 | 3:14 AM | 12:34 AM | 10:10 PM | 21 h 20 min | +17.0 min | Waning crescent, 34% | 5:22 AM | 12:36 PM | |||
| May 11 | 3:04 AM | 12:45 AM | 10:14 PM | 21 h 41 min | +21.0 min | Waning crescent, 25% | 4:48 AM | 2:45 PM | |||
| May 12 | 2:54 AM | 12:57 AM | 10:17 PM | 22 h 03 min | +22.0 min | Waning crescent, 16% | 4:20 AM | 4:51 PM | |||
| May 13 | 2:42 AM | 1:13 AM | 10:21 PM | 22 h 31 min | +28.0 min | Waning crescent, 9% | 3:53 AM | 7:05 PM | |||
| May 14 | 2:26 AM | 10:25 PM | 24 h 00 min | +89.0 min | Waning crescent, 4% | 3:20 AM | 9:47 PM | ||||
| May 15 | Up all day | 10:28 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 2:29 AM | |||||
| May 16 | Up all day | 10:32 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | New moon 12:02 PM | ||||||
| May 17 | Up all day | 10:36 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 1% | ||||||
| May 18 | Up all day | 10:39 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 5% | ||||||
| May 19 | Up all day | 10:43 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 10% | ||||||
| May 20 | Up all day | 10:46 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 18% | ||||||
| May 21 | Up all day | 10:50 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 27% | ||||||
| May 22 | Up all day | 10:53 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 37% | 10:27 AM | 4:55 AM | ||||
| May 23 | Up all day | 10:57 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 3:11 AM | 12:49 PM | 4:12 AM | ||||
| May 24 | Up all day | 11:00 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 58% | 2:51 PM | 3:43 AM | ||||
| May 25 | Up all day | 11:03 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 68% | 4:47 PM | 3:17 AM | ||||
| May 26 | Up all day | 11:07 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 77% | 6:46 PM | 2:50 AM | ||||
| May 27 | Up all day | 11:10 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 86% | 9:02 PM | 2:20 AM | ||||
| May 28 | Up all day | 11:13 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 92% | 1:34 AM | |||||
| May 29 | Up all day | 11:16 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | ||||||
| May 30 | Up all day | 11:19 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | ||||||
| May 31 | Up all day | 11:22 PM | 24 h 00 min | +0.0 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.