Sunrise and sunset in Potomac

Potomac Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 13 h 56 min on May 1 to 14 h 50 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:24 AM and sunset from 7:47 PM to 8:14 PM.

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 15:21 AM5:51 AM7:47 PM8:16 PM7:09 PM9:31 PM13 h 56 minFull moon 12:24 PM8:13 PM5:24 AM
May 25:20 AM5:49 AM7:48 PM8:17 PM7:10 PM9:33 PM13 h 59 min+3.0 minFull moon, 99%9:16 PM5:52 AM
May 35:18 AM5:48 AM7:49 PM8:19 PM7:11 PM9:34 PM14 h 01 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:17 PM6:26 AM
May 45:17 AM5:47 AM7:50 PM8:20 PM7:12 PM9:36 PM14 h 03 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:14 PM7:07 AM
May 55:16 AM5:46 AM7:51 PM8:21 PM7:13 PM9:37 PM14 h 05 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%7:55 AM
May 65:15 AM5:44 AM7:52 PM8:22 PM7:14 PM9:39 PM14 h 08 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:04 AM8:50 AM
May 75:13 AM5:43 AM7:53 PM8:23 PM7:15 PM9:40 PM14 h 10 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%12:47 AM9:50 AM
May 85:12 AM5:42 AM7:54 PM8:24 PM7:15 PM9:42 PM14 h 12 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 57%1:22 AM10:54 AM
May 95:11 AM5:41 AM7:55 PM8:25 PM7:16 PM9:43 PM14 h 14 min+2.0 minLast quarter 4:11 PM1:52 AM11:59 AM
May 105:10 AM5:40 AM7:56 PM8:26 PM7:17 PM9:45 PM14 h 16 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:18 AM1:05 PM
May 115:09 AM5:39 AM7:57 PM8:27 PM7:18 PM9:47 PM14 h 18 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%2:41 AM2:12 PM
May 125:07 AM5:38 AM7:58 PM8:28 PM7:19 PM9:48 PM14 h 20 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 17%3:04 AM3:20 PM
May 135:06 AM5:37 AM7:59 PM8:29 PM7:20 PM9:50 PM14 h 22 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 10%3:27 AM4:32 PM
May 145:05 AM5:36 AM8:00 PM8:30 PM7:21 PM9:51 PM14 h 24 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%3:52 AM5:47 PM
May 155:04 AM5:35 AM8:01 PM8:32 PM7:22 PM9:53 PM14 h 26 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 1%4:21 AM7:07 PM
May 165:03 AM5:34 AM8:02 PM8:33 PM7:22 PM9:54 PM14 h 28 min+2.0 minNew moon 3:02 PM4:57 AM8:28 PM
May 175:02 AM5:33 AM8:03 PM8:34 PM7:23 PM9:55 PM14 h 30 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%5:43 AM9:47 PM
May 185:01 AM5:32 AM8:03 PM8:35 PM7:24 PM9:57 PM14 h 31 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%6:40 AM10:56 PM
May 195:00 AM5:32 AM8:04 PM8:36 PM7:25 PM9:58 PM14 h 32 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%7:49 AM11:52 PM
May 204:59 AM5:31 AM8:05 PM8:37 PM7:26 PM10:00 PM14 h 34 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%9:05 AM
May 214:59 AM5:30 AM8:06 PM8:38 PM7:27 PM10:01 PM14 h 36 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%10:22 AM12:36 AM
May 224:58 AM5:29 AM8:07 PM8:39 PM7:27 PM10:03 PM14 h 38 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%11:36 AM1:10 AM
May 234:57 AM5:29 AM8:08 PM8:40 PM7:28 PM10:04 PM14 h 39 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 6:11 AM12:46 PM1:37 AM
May 244:56 AM5:28 AM8:09 PM8:41 PM7:29 PM10:05 PM14 h 41 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 56%1:52 PM2:00 AM
May 254:55 AM5:27 AM8:10 PM8:41 PM7:30 PM10:07 PM14 h 43 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%2:56 PM2:21 AM
May 264:55 AM5:27 AM8:10 PM8:42 PM7:31 PM10:08 PM14 h 43 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%3:59 PM2:42 AM
May 274:54 AM5:26 AM8:11 PM8:43 PM7:31 PM10:09 PM14 h 45 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%5:02 PM3:04 AM
May 284:53 AM5:25 AM8:12 PM8:44 PM7:32 PM10:11 PM14 h 47 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:05 PM3:27 AM
May 294:53 AM5:25 AM8:13 PM8:45 PM7:33 PM10:12 PM14 h 48 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:08 PM3:55 AM
May 304:52 AM5:24 AM8:14 PM8:46 PM7:33 PM10:13 PM14 h 50 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%8:10 PM4:27 AM
May 314:52 AM5:24 AM8:14 PM8:47 PM7:34 PM10:14 PM14 h 50 min+0.0 minFull moon 3:46 AM9:08 PM5:05 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.