Sunrise and sunset in Columbus

Columbus Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

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