Sunrise and sunset in California

California Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 13 h 49 min on May 1 to 14 h 40 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 5:48 AM and sunset from 8:02 PM to 8:28 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 15:44 AM6:13 AM8:02 PM8:31 PM7:26 PM9:43 PM13 h 49 minFull moon 12:24 PM8:28 PM5:47 AM
May 25:43 AM6:12 AM8:03 PM8:32 PM7:27 PM9:45 PM13 h 51 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%9:30 PM6:17 AM
May 35:42 AM6:10 AM8:04 PM8:33 PM7:27 PM9:46 PM13 h 54 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:30 PM6:52 AM
May 45:40 AM6:09 AM8:05 PM8:34 PM7:28 PM9:48 PM13 h 56 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:27 PM7:33 AM
May 55:39 AM6:08 AM8:06 PM8:35 PM7:29 PM9:49 PM13 h 58 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%8:22 AM
May 65:38 AM6:07 AM8:07 PM8:36 PM7:30 PM9:50 PM14 h 00 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:17 AM9:16 AM
May 75:37 AM6:06 AM8:08 PM8:37 PM7:31 PM9:52 PM14 h 02 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%1:00 AM10:16 AM
May 85:36 AM6:05 AM8:09 PM8:38 PM7:32 PM9:53 PM14 h 04 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 57%1:36 AM11:19 AM
May 95:35 AM6:04 AM8:10 PM8:39 PM7:33 PM9:55 PM14 h 06 min+2.0 minLast quarter 4:11 PM2:07 AM12:23 PM
May 105:34 AM6:03 AM8:11 PM8:40 PM7:33 PM9:56 PM14 h 08 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:34 AM1:27 PM
May 115:32 AM6:02 AM8:12 PM8:41 PM7:34 PM9:57 PM14 h 10 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%2:59 AM2:33 PM
May 125:31 AM6:01 AM8:13 PM8:42 PM7:35 PM9:59 PM14 h 12 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 17%3:23 AM3:40 PM
May 135:30 AM6:00 AM8:14 PM8:43 PM7:36 PM10:00 PM14 h 14 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 10%3:47 AM4:50 PM
May 145:29 AM5:59 AM8:15 PM8:44 PM7:37 PM10:01 PM14 h 16 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%4:14 AM6:04 PM
May 155:28 AM5:58 AM8:15 PM8:45 PM7:38 PM10:03 PM14 h 17 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 1%4:45 AM7:22 PM
May 165:28 AM5:57 AM8:16 PM8:46 PM7:38 PM10:04 PM14 h 19 min+2.0 minNew moon 3:02 PM5:22 AM8:42 PM
May 175:27 AM5:57 AM8:17 PM8:47 PM7:39 PM10:05 PM14 h 20 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%6:09 AM10:00 PM
May 185:26 AM5:56 AM8:18 PM8:48 PM7:40 PM10:07 PM14 h 22 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%7:07 AM11:09 PM
May 195:25 AM5:55 AM8:19 PM8:49 PM7:41 PM10:08 PM14 h 24 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%8:16 AM
May 205:24 AM5:54 AM8:20 PM8:50 PM7:42 PM10:09 PM14 h 26 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%9:31 AM12:06 AM
May 215:23 AM5:54 AM8:21 PM8:51 PM7:42 PM10:11 PM14 h 27 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%10:47 AM12:50 AM
May 225:22 AM5:53 AM8:22 PM8:52 PM7:43 PM10:12 PM14 h 29 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%11:59 AM1:25 AM
May 235:22 AM5:52 AM8:22 PM8:53 PM7:44 PM10:13 PM14 h 30 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 6:11 AM1:08 PM1:54 AM
May 245:21 AM5:52 AM8:23 PM8:54 PM7:45 PM10:14 PM14 h 31 min+1.0 minFirst quarter, 56%2:13 PM2:18 AM
May 255:20 AM5:51 AM8:24 PM8:55 PM7:45 PM10:16 PM14 h 33 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%3:15 PM2:41 AM
May 265:20 AM5:50 AM8:25 PM8:56 PM7:46 PM10:17 PM14 h 35 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%4:17 PM3:03 AM
May 275:19 AM5:50 AM8:26 PM8:56 PM7:47 PM10:18 PM14 h 36 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%5:18 PM3:26 AM
May 285:18 AM5:49 AM8:26 PM8:57 PM7:47 PM10:19 PM14 h 37 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:20 PM3:51 AM
May 295:18 AM5:49 AM8:27 PM8:58 PM7:48 PM10:20 PM14 h 38 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:22 PM4:19 AM
May 305:17 AM5:48 AM8:28 PM8:59 PM7:49 PM10:21 PM14 h 40 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%8:23 PM4:52 AM
May 315:17 AM5:48 AM8:28 PM9:00 PM7:49 PM10:23 PM14 h 40 min+0.0 minFull moon 3:46 AM9:21 PM5:32 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.