Sunrise and sunset in Charlotte

Charlotte Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 13 h 17 min on May 1 to 13 h 51 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:37 AM and sunset from 8:11 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 16:29 AM6:54 AM8:11 PM8:36 PM7:38 PM9:36 PM13 h 17 minFull moon 12:24 PM8:30 PM6:32 AM
May 26:28 AM6:53 AM8:11 PM8:36 PM7:39 PM9:37 PM13 h 18 min+1.0 minFull moon, 99%9:27 PM7:07 AM
May 36:27 AM6:52 AM8:12 PM8:37 PM7:39 PM9:38 PM13 h 20 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:24 PM7:47 AM
May 46:26 AM6:51 AM8:12 PM8:38 PM7:40 PM9:39 PM13 h 21 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:18 PM8:31 AM
May 56:25 AM6:50 AM8:13 PM8:38 PM7:40 PM9:40 PM13 h 23 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%9:21 AM
May 66:24 AM6:50 AM8:14 PM8:39 PM7:41 PM9:41 PM13 h 24 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:09 AM10:15 AM
May 76:23 AM6:49 AM8:14 PM8:40 PM7:41 PM9:42 PM13 h 25 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%12:55 AM11:11 AM
May 86:23 AM6:48 AM8:15 PM8:40 PM7:42 PM9:42 PM13 h 27 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 57%1:35 AM12:09 PM
May 96:22 AM6:47 AM8:16 PM8:41 PM7:43 PM9:43 PM13 h 29 min+2.0 minLast quarter 4:11 PM2:12 AM1:07 PM
May 106:21 AM6:47 AM8:16 PM8:42 PM7:43 PM9:44 PM13 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 36%2:44 AM2:05 PM
May 116:20 AM6:46 AM8:17 PM8:42 PM7:44 PM9:45 PM13 h 31 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%3:15 AM3:04 PM
May 126:20 AM6:45 AM8:17 PM8:43 PM7:44 PM9:46 PM13 h 32 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 17%3:45 AM4:05 PM
May 136:19 AM6:45 AM8:18 PM8:44 PM7:45 PM9:47 PM13 h 33 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 10%4:17 AM5:08 PM
May 146:18 AM6:44 AM8:19 PM8:44 PM7:45 PM9:48 PM13 h 35 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%4:50 AM6:14 PM
May 156:18 AM6:43 AM8:19 PM8:45 PM7:46 PM9:49 PM13 h 36 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 1%5:28 AM7:25 PM
May 166:17 AM6:43 AM8:20 PM8:46 PM7:46 PM9:49 PM13 h 37 min+1.0 minNew moon 3:02 PM6:12 AM8:39 PM
May 176:16 AM6:42 AM8:20 PM8:46 PM7:47 PM9:50 PM13 h 38 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%7:05 AM9:53 PM
May 186:16 AM6:42 AM8:21 PM8:47 PM7:48 PM9:51 PM13 h 39 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%8:07 AM11:01 PM
May 196:15 AM6:41 AM8:22 PM8:48 PM7:48 PM9:52 PM13 h 41 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%9:15 AM
May 206:15 AM6:41 AM8:22 PM8:48 PM7:49 PM9:53 PM13 h 41 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%10:26 AM12:01 AM
May 216:14 AM6:40 AM8:23 PM8:49 PM7:49 PM9:54 PM13 h 43 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%11:36 AM12:50 AM
May 226:14 AM6:40 AM8:23 PM8:50 PM7:50 PM9:54 PM13 h 43 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%12:41 PM1:32 AM
May 236:13 AM6:40 AM8:24 PM8:50 PM7:50 PM9:55 PM13 h 44 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 6:11 AM1:43 PM2:07 AM
May 246:13 AM6:39 AM8:25 PM8:51 PM7:51 PM9:56 PM13 h 46 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 56%2:41 PM2:38 AM
May 256:12 AM6:39 AM8:25 PM8:52 PM7:51 PM9:57 PM13 h 46 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%3:37 PM3:06 AM
May 266:12 AM6:38 AM8:26 PM8:52 PM7:52 PM9:58 PM13 h 48 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%4:33 PM3:34 AM
May 276:12 AM6:38 AM8:26 PM8:53 PM7:52 PM9:58 PM13 h 48 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%5:28 PM4:03 AM
May 286:11 AM6:38 AM8:27 PM8:53 PM7:53 PM9:59 PM13 h 49 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:24 PM4:34 AM
May 296:11 AM6:37 AM8:27 PM8:54 PM7:53 PM10:00 PM13 h 50 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:21 PM5:08 AM
May 306:11 AM6:37 AM8:28 PM8:54 PM7:54 PM10:01 PM13 h 51 min+1.0 minFull moon, 99%8:18 PM5:46 AM
May 316:10 AM6:37 AM8:28 PM8:55 PM7:54 PM10:01 PM13 h 51 min+0.0 minFull moon 3:46 AM9:13 PM6:29 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.