Sunrise and sunset in Sterling

Sterling Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 13 h 48 min on May 1 to 14 h 38 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:12 AM and sunset from 8:24 PM to 8:50 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 16:08 AM6:36 AM8:24 PM8:53 PM7:48 PM10:04 PM13 h 48 minFull moon 12:24 PM8:50 PM6:11 AM
May 26:06 AM6:35 AM8:25 PM8:54 PM7:49 PM10:06 PM13 h 50 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%9:52 PM6:41 AM
May 36:05 AM6:34 AM8:26 PM8:55 PM7:49 PM10:07 PM13 h 52 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:52 PM7:16 AM
May 46:04 AM6:33 AM8:27 PM8:56 PM7:50 PM10:08 PM13 h 54 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:48 PM7:58 AM
May 56:03 AM6:32 AM8:28 PM8:57 PM7:51 PM10:10 PM13 h 56 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%8:47 AM
May 66:02 AM6:31 AM8:29 PM8:58 PM7:52 PM10:11 PM13 h 58 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:38 AM9:41 AM
May 76:01 AM6:29 AM8:30 PM8:59 PM7:53 PM10:12 PM14 h 01 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%1:22 AM10:41 AM
May 85:59 AM6:28 AM8:31 PM9:00 PM7:54 PM10:14 PM14 h 03 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 57%1:58 AM11:44 AM
May 95:58 AM6:27 AM8:32 PM9:01 PM7:54 PM10:15 PM14 h 05 min+2.0 minLast quarter 4:11 PM2:29 AM12:47 PM
May 105:57 AM6:26 AM8:33 PM9:02 PM7:55 PM10:17 PM14 h 07 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:57 AM1:52 PM
May 115:56 AM6:25 AM8:33 PM9:03 PM7:56 PM10:18 PM14 h 08 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 26%3:22 AM2:57 PM
May 125:55 AM6:25 AM8:34 PM9:04 PM7:57 PM10:19 PM14 h 09 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 17%3:46 AM4:04 PM
May 135:54 AM6:24 AM8:35 PM9:05 PM7:58 PM10:21 PM14 h 11 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 10%4:10 AM5:14 PM
May 145:53 AM6:23 AM8:36 PM9:06 PM7:59 PM10:22 PM14 h 13 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%4:37 AM6:27 PM
May 155:52 AM6:22 AM8:37 PM9:07 PM7:59 PM10:23 PM14 h 15 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 1%5:09 AM7:45 PM
May 165:51 AM6:21 AM8:38 PM9:08 PM8:00 PM10:25 PM14 h 17 min+2.0 minNew moon 3:02 PM5:46 AM9:05 PM
May 175:50 AM6:20 AM8:39 PM9:09 PM8:01 PM10:26 PM14 h 19 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%6:34 AM10:22 PM
May 185:50 AM6:19 AM8:40 PM9:10 PM8:02 PM10:27 PM14 h 21 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%7:32 AM11:31 PM
May 195:49 AM6:19 AM8:41 PM9:11 PM8:03 PM10:29 PM14 h 22 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%8:41 AM
May 205:48 AM6:18 AM8:41 PM9:11 PM8:03 PM10:30 PM14 h 23 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%9:56 AM12:28 AM
May 215:47 AM6:17 AM8:42 PM9:12 PM8:04 PM10:31 PM14 h 25 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%11:12 AM1:12 AM
May 225:46 AM6:17 AM8:43 PM9:13 PM8:05 PM10:32 PM14 h 26 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%12:24 PM1:47 AM
May 235:46 AM6:16 AM8:44 PM9:14 PM8:06 PM10:34 PM14 h 28 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 6:11 AM1:32 PM2:16 AM
May 245:45 AM6:15 AM8:45 PM9:15 PM8:06 PM10:35 PM14 h 30 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 56%2:36 PM2:41 AM
May 255:44 AM6:15 AM8:45 PM9:16 PM8:07 PM10:36 PM14 h 30 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%3:39 PM3:04 AM
May 265:44 AM6:14 AM8:46 PM9:17 PM8:08 PM10:37 PM14 h 32 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%4:40 PM3:26 AM
May 275:43 AM6:14 AM8:47 PM9:18 PM8:08 PM10:38 PM14 h 33 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%5:41 PM3:49 AM
May 285:42 AM6:13 AM8:48 PM9:18 PM8:09 PM10:39 PM14 h 35 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:43 PM4:14 AM
May 295:42 AM6:13 AM8:48 PM9:19 PM8:10 PM10:41 PM14 h 35 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:45 PM4:43 AM
May 305:41 AM6:12 AM8:49 PM9:20 PM8:10 PM10:42 PM14 h 37 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%8:45 PM5:17 AM
May 315:41 AM6:12 AM8:50 PM9:21 PM8:11 PM10:43 PM14 h 38 min+1.0 minFull moon 3:46 AM9:42 PM5:56 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.