Sunrise and sunset in Charleston

Charleston Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (EDT)

Day length goes from 14 h 17 min on May 1 to 15 h 22 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:25 AM to 4:53 AM and sunset from 7:42 PM to 8:15 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 14:53 AM5:25 AM7:42 PM8:15 PM7:01 PM9:40 PM14 h 17 minFull moon 1:24 PM8:09 PM4:55 AM
May 24:51 AM5:24 AM7:43 PM8:16 PM7:02 PM9:42 PM14 h 19 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%9:16 PM5:20 AM
May 34:50 AM5:22 AM7:45 PM8:17 PM7:03 PM9:44 PM14 h 23 min+4.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:20 PM5:50 AM
May 44:48 AM5:21 AM7:46 PM8:19 PM7:04 PM9:46 PM14 h 25 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:19 PM6:28 AM
May 54:47 AM5:19 AM7:47 PM8:20 PM7:06 PM9:48 PM14 h 28 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%7:14 AM
May 64:45 AM5:18 AM7:48 PM8:21 PM7:07 PM9:50 PM14 h 30 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:09 AM8:10 AM
May 74:44 AM5:17 AM7:49 PM8:23 PM7:08 PM9:53 PM14 h 32 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%12:50 AM9:12 AM
May 84:42 AM5:15 AM7:51 PM8:24 PM7:09 PM9:55 PM14 h 36 min+4.0 minLast quarter, 57%1:23 AM10:19 AM
May 94:41 AM5:14 AM7:52 PM8:26 PM7:10 PM9:57 PM14 h 38 min+2.0 minLast quarter 5:11 PM1:49 AM11:28 AM
May 104:39 AM5:13 AM7:53 PM8:27 PM7:11 PM9:59 PM14 h 40 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:11 AM12:38 PM
May 114:38 AM5:12 AM7:54 PM8:28 PM7:12 PM10:01 PM14 h 42 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%2:31 AM1:49 PM
May 124:36 AM5:10 AM7:55 PM8:29 PM7:13 PM10:03 PM14 h 45 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 18%2:49 AM3:02 PM
May 134:35 AM5:09 AM7:57 PM8:31 PM7:14 PM10:05 PM14 h 48 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 10%3:08 AM4:18 PM
May 144:34 AM5:08 AM7:58 PM8:32 PM7:15 PM10:07 PM14 h 50 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%3:29 AM5:38 PM
May 154:33 AM5:07 AM7:59 PM8:33 PM7:16 PM10:09 PM14 h 52 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 1%3:54 AM7:02 PM
May 164:31 AM5:06 AM8:00 PM8:35 PM7:17 PM10:11 PM14 h 54 min+2.0 minNew moon 4:02 PM4:25 AM8:28 PM
May 174:30 AM5:05 AM8:01 PM8:36 PM7:18 PM10:13 PM14 h 56 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%5:05 AM9:50 PM
May 184:29 AM5:04 AM8:02 PM8:37 PM7:19 PM10:15 PM14 h 58 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%6:00 AM11:00 PM
May 194:28 AM5:03 AM8:03 PM8:38 PM7:20 PM10:17 PM15 h 00 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 9%7:08 AM11:55 PM
May 204:27 AM5:02 AM8:05 PM8:40 PM7:21 PM10:19 PM15 h 03 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%8:27 AM
May 214:26 AM5:01 AM8:06 PM8:41 PM7:22 PM10:21 PM15 h 05 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 25%9:48 AM12:35 AM
May 224:24 AM5:00 AM8:07 PM8:42 PM7:23 PM10:23 PM15 h 07 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%11:07 AM1:05 AM
May 234:23 AM4:59 AM8:08 PM8:43 PM7:24 PM10:25 PM15 h 09 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 7:11 AM12:21 PM1:28 AM
May 244:22 AM4:58 AM8:09 PM8:44 PM7:25 PM10:27 PM15 h 11 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 56%1:32 PM1:48 AM
May 254:22 AM4:57 AM8:10 PM8:45 PM7:26 PM10:29 PM15 h 13 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 66%2:40 PM2:05 AM
May 264:21 AM4:56 AM8:11 PM8:47 PM7:27 PM10:31 PM15 h 15 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%3:47 PM2:22 AM
May 274:20 AM4:56 AM8:12 PM8:48 PM7:28 PM10:33 PM15 h 16 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 84%4:53 PM2:40 AM
May 284:19 AM4:55 AM8:13 PM8:49 PM7:29 PM10:34 PM15 h 18 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:00 PM3:00 AM
May 294:18 AM4:54 AM8:14 PM8:50 PM7:29 PM10:36 PM15 h 20 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:07 PM3:23 AM
May 304:17 AM4:54 AM8:14 PM8:51 PM7:30 PM10:38 PM15 h 20 min+0.0 minFull moon, 99%8:12 PM3:52 AM
May 314:17 AM4:53 AM8:15 PM8:52 PM7:31 PM10:40 PM15 h 22 min+2.0 minFull moon 4:46 AM9:12 PM4:27 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.