Sunrise and sunset in Wilmington

Wilmington Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (EDT)

Day length goes from 14 h 14 min on May 1 to 15 h 17 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:15 AM and sunset from 8:00 PM to 8:32 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 15:14 AM5:46 AM8:00 PM8:32 PM7:19 PM9:56 PM14 h 14 minFull moon 1:24 PM8:27 PM5:16 AM
May 25:12 AM5:44 AM8:01 PM8:33 PM7:20 PM9:57 PM14 h 17 min+3.0 minFull moon, 99%9:33 PM5:42 AM
May 35:11 AM5:43 AM8:02 PM8:34 PM7:21 PM9:59 PM14 h 19 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:37 PM6:13 AM
May 45:09 AM5:42 AM8:03 PM8:36 PM7:22 PM10:01 PM14 h 21 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:35 PM6:51 AM
May 55:08 AM5:40 AM8:04 PM8:37 PM7:23 PM10:03 PM14 h 24 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%7:38 AM
May 65:06 AM5:39 AM8:06 PM8:38 PM7:24 PM10:05 PM14 h 27 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:25 AM8:33 AM
May 75:05 AM5:38 AM8:07 PM8:40 PM7:26 PM10:07 PM14 h 29 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 68%1:06 AM9:35 AM
May 85:04 AM5:36 AM8:08 PM8:41 PM7:27 PM10:09 PM14 h 32 min+3.0 minLast quarter, 57%1:40 AM10:42 AM
May 95:02 AM5:35 AM8:09 PM8:42 PM7:28 PM10:11 PM14 h 34 min+2.0 minLast quarter 5:11 PM2:07 AM11:50 AM
May 105:01 AM5:34 AM8:10 PM8:43 PM7:29 PM10:13 PM14 h 36 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:29 AM12:59 PM
May 114:59 AM5:33 AM8:11 PM8:45 PM7:30 PM10:15 PM14 h 38 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%2:49 AM2:10 PM
May 124:58 AM5:31 AM8:13 PM8:46 PM7:31 PM10:17 PM14 h 42 min+4.0 minWaning crescent, 18%3:08 AM3:22 PM
May 134:57 AM5:30 AM8:14 PM8:47 PM7:32 PM10:19 PM14 h 44 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 10%3:28 AM4:37 PM
May 144:56 AM5:29 AM8:15 PM8:49 PM7:33 PM10:21 PM14 h 46 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%3:49 AM5:56 PM
May 154:54 AM5:28 AM8:16 PM8:50 PM7:34 PM10:23 PM14 h 48 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 1%4:15 AM7:20 PM
May 164:53 AM5:27 AM8:17 PM8:51 PM7:35 PM10:25 PM14 h 50 min+2.0 minNew moon 4:02 PM4:47 AM8:45 PM
May 174:52 AM5:26 AM8:18 PM8:52 PM7:36 PM10:27 PM14 h 52 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%5:28 AM10:06 PM
May 184:51 AM5:25 AM8:19 PM8:53 PM7:37 PM10:28 PM14 h 54 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%6:23 AM11:16 PM
May 194:50 AM5:24 AM8:20 PM8:55 PM7:38 PM10:30 PM14 h 56 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 9%7:32 AM
May 204:49 AM5:23 AM8:21 PM8:56 PM7:39 PM10:32 PM14 h 58 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%8:50 AM12:11 AM
May 214:48 AM5:22 AM8:22 PM8:57 PM7:40 PM10:34 PM15 h 00 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 25%10:10 AM12:52 AM
May 224:46 AM5:21 AM8:23 PM8:58 PM7:41 PM10:36 PM15 h 02 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%11:28 AM1:23 AM
May 234:46 AM5:20 AM8:24 PM8:59 PM7:42 PM10:38 PM15 h 04 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 7:11 AM12:42 PM1:47 AM
May 244:45 AM5:19 AM8:25 PM9:00 PM7:42 PM10:40 PM15 h 06 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 56%1:52 PM2:07 AM
May 254:44 AM5:19 AM8:26 PM9:02 PM7:43 PM10:41 PM15 h 07 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 66%3:00 PM2:25 AM
May 264:43 AM5:18 AM8:27 PM9:03 PM7:44 PM10:43 PM15 h 09 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%4:06 PM2:42 AM
May 274:42 AM5:17 AM8:28 PM9:04 PM7:45 PM10:45 PM15 h 11 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 84%5:12 PM3:01 AM
May 284:41 AM5:16 AM8:29 PM9:05 PM7:46 PM10:47 PM15 h 13 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:18 PM3:21 AM
May 294:40 AM5:16 AM8:30 PM9:06 PM7:47 PM10:48 PM15 h 14 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:24 PM3:45 AM
May 304:40 AM5:15 AM8:31 PM9:07 PM7:47 PM10:50 PM15 h 16 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%8:28 PM4:14 AM
May 314:39 AM5:15 AM8:32 PM9:08 PM7:48 PM10:52 PM15 h 17 min+1.0 minFull moon 4:46 AM9:28 PM4:50 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.