Sunrise and sunset in Earth

Earth Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in May 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 13 h 34 min on May 1 to 14 h 17 min on May 31. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:39 AM and sunset from 8:34 PM to 8:56 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 16:33 AM7:00 AM8:34 PM9:01 PM7:59 PM10:07 PM13 h 34 minFull moon 12:24 PM8:58 PM6:37 AM
May 26:32 AM6:59 AM8:35 PM9:02 PM8:00 PM10:08 PM13 h 36 min+2.0 minFull moon, 99%9:57 PM7:09 AM
May 36:31 AM6:58 AM8:36 PM9:03 PM8:01 PM10:09 PM13 h 38 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%10:56 PM7:47 AM
May 46:30 AM6:57 AM8:36 PM9:03 PM8:02 PM10:10 PM13 h 39 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 92%11:51 PM8:30 AM
May 56:29 AM6:56 AM8:37 PM9:04 PM8:02 PM10:11 PM13 h 41 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 85%9:19 AM
May 66:28 AM6:55 AM8:38 PM9:05 PM8:03 PM10:13 PM13 h 43 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 77%12:41 AM10:13 AM
May 76:27 AM6:54 AM8:39 PM9:06 PM8:04 PM10:14 PM13 h 45 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 67%1:26 AM11:11 AM
May 86:26 AM6:53 AM8:39 PM9:07 PM8:04 PM10:15 PM13 h 46 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 57%2:04 AM12:12 PM
May 96:25 AM6:52 AM8:40 PM9:08 PM8:05 PM10:16 PM13 h 48 min+2.0 minLast quarter 4:11 PM2:38 AM1:13 PM
May 106:24 AM6:52 AM8:41 PM9:08 PM8:06 PM10:17 PM13 h 49 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 36%3:07 AM2:14 PM
May 116:23 AM6:51 AM8:42 PM9:09 PM8:07 PM10:18 PM13 h 51 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 26%3:35 AM3:17 PM
May 126:22 AM6:50 AM8:43 PM9:10 PM8:07 PM10:19 PM13 h 53 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 17%4:02 AM4:21 PM
May 136:22 AM6:49 AM8:43 PM9:11 PM8:08 PM10:20 PM13 h 54 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 10%4:29 AM5:28 PM
May 146:21 AM6:48 AM8:44 PM9:12 PM8:09 PM10:21 PM13 h 56 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 5%4:59 AM6:38 PM
May 156:20 AM6:48 AM8:45 PM9:13 PM8:09 PM10:23 PM13 h 57 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 1%5:34 AM7:53 PM
May 166:19 AM6:47 AM8:46 PM9:13 PM8:10 PM10:24 PM13 h 59 min+2.0 minNew moon 3:02 PM6:15 AM9:10 PM
May 176:18 AM6:46 AM8:46 PM9:14 PM8:11 PM10:25 PM14 h 00 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%7:05 AM10:25 PM
May 186:18 AM6:46 AM8:47 PM9:15 PM8:11 PM10:26 PM14 h 01 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 4%8:05 AM11:34 PM
May 196:17 AM6:45 AM8:48 PM9:16 PM8:12 PM10:27 PM14 h 03 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%9:14 AM
May 206:16 AM6:44 AM8:49 PM9:17 PM8:13 PM10:28 PM14 h 05 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 17%10:27 AM12:32 AM
May 216:16 AM6:44 AM8:49 PM9:17 PM8:13 PM10:29 PM14 h 05 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 26%11:39 AM1:19 AM
May 226:15 AM6:43 AM8:50 PM9:18 PM8:14 PM10:30 PM14 h 07 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 35%12:48 PM1:57 AM
May 236:14 AM6:43 AM8:51 PM9:19 PM8:15 PM10:31 PM14 h 08 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 6:11 AM1:53 PM2:28 AM
May 246:14 AM6:42 AM8:51 PM9:20 PM8:15 PM10:32 PM14 h 09 min+1.0 minFirst quarter, 56%2:55 PM2:56 AM
May 256:13 AM6:42 AM8:52 PM9:21 PM8:16 PM10:33 PM14 h 10 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 67%3:55 PM3:21 AM
May 266:13 AM6:41 AM8:53 PM9:21 PM8:16 PM10:34 PM14 h 12 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 76%4:53 PM3:46 AM
May 276:12 AM6:41 AM8:53 PM9:22 PM8:17 PM10:35 PM14 h 12 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 85%5:52 PM4:12 AM
May 286:12 AM6:40 AM8:54 PM9:23 PM8:18 PM10:36 PM14 h 14 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 91%6:51 PM4:39 AM
May 296:11 AM6:40 AM8:55 PM9:23 PM8:18 PM10:37 PM14 h 15 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%7:50 PM5:11 AM
May 306:11 AM6:39 AM8:55 PM9:24 PM8:19 PM10:38 PM14 h 16 min+1.0 minFull moon, 99%8:49 PM5:46 AM
May 316:10 AM6:39 AM8:56 PM9:25 PM8:19 PM10:38 PM14 h 17 min+1.0 minFull moon 3:46 AM9:45 PM6:28 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.