Sunrise and sunset in Richmond

Richmond Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (EDT)

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